outsider
英 [a?t'sa?d?]
美['a?t'sa?d?]
- n. 外人；無取勝希望者
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?outsiders;
中文詞源
outsider 局外人
來自outside,外邊。引申詞義局外人。
英文詞源
- outsider (n.)
- 1800, from outside; figurative sense of "a person isolated from conventional society" is first recorded 1907. The sense of race horses "outside" the favorites is from 1836; hence outside chance (1909).
雙語例句
- 1. An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.
- 外人也許會誤解這種關(guān)系的本質(zhì)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them.
- 馬隆是個(gè)警察，他跟他們一樣都覺得自己像個(gè)外人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.
- 他們的行話外人聽不懂。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Here she felt she would always be an outsider.
- 她在這里總覺得是個(gè)外人。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. She always wagered on an outsider.
- 她總是把賭注押在不大可能獲勝的馬上。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》