If you describe someone's opinions or policies as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are neither left wing nor right wing, and not at all extreme.
Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.
一致的意见不一定缺乏影响力,也不一定会导致中立的政策。
If you describe something or someone as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are ordinary or unexciting.
I actually don't want to be a middle-of-the-road person, married with a mortgage.
我真的不想作一个平庸的人,成了家,还着房贷。