Outsider
[aʊt'saɪdə] or ['aʊt'saɪdɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win.
柯蒂斯校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.
(n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.
(n.) A horse which is not a favorite in the betting.
巴塞洛缪校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Ursula WAS such an insufferable outsider, rushing in where angels would fear to tread. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There was, apparently, no suspicion that its future was at the mercy of the despised outsider. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I am the only outsider who knows it--and my professional existence depends on holding my tongue. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Now, not one of these miscellaneous things was in existence; not an outsider was sufficiently informed about such devices to make them on order, except perhaps the special wire. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It might or might not tolerate the outsider and the slave, but they had no legal voice in their treatment--any more than if it had been a despotism. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Ursula felt that she was an outsider. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The others were all outsiders, instinctively, whatever they might be socially. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Gerald was one of the outsiders. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- A field of outsiders are always going in to bowl at the Public Service, and we block the balls. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Baffled boots from the vexed souls of disappointed outsiders. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In a revolution you could not admit to outsiders who helped you nor that any one knew more than he was supposed to know. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- We are too partial, but the praise and blame of outsiders will prove useful, even if she gets but little money. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- These outsiders were barbarians, not to be needlessly thought about; they were barred out now from Greece for ever. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
整理:奥蒂斯