outsider

英 [ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə(r)]

美 [ˌaʊtˈsaɪdər]

n.  外人; 局外人; (组织、行业)外部的人; 外来者; (比赛中)不被看好的人(或动物)

复数：outsiders　

经济

Collins.2 / BNC.4705 / COCA.4445

牛津词典

noun

• 外人；局外人
  a person who is not accepted as a member of a society, group, etc.
  1. Here she felt she would always be an outsider.
     她在这里总觉得是个外人。
• （组织、行业）外部的人；外来者
  a person who is not part of a particular organization or profession
  1. They have decided to hire outsiders for some of the key positions.
     他们决定在某些关键职位上聘任外来人员。
  2. To an outsider it may appear to be a glamorous job.
     在外面的人看来，这似乎是一件令人向往的工作。
• （比赛中）不被看好的人（或动物）
  a person or an animal taking part in a race or competition that is not expected to win
  1. The race was won by a 20–1 outsider.
     比赛获胜者是匹不被看好、20赔1的赛马。
  2. To everyone's surprise, the post went to a rank outsider (= a complete outsider ) .
     出人意料的是，那个职位竟然落到一个毫不起眼的人头上。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （某个团体或组织）外部的人
  Anoutsideris someone who does not belong to a particular group or organization.
  1. The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.
     最可能的结果是将大量的工作分包出去。
• N-COUNT （不为某一团体所接受或感觉不属其中的）外人
  Anoutsideris someone who is not accepted by a particular group, or who feels that they do not belong in it.
  1. Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them.
     马隆是个警察，他跟他们一样都觉得自己像个外人。
• N-COUNT （在竞赛中）不大可能获胜的人（或队伍）
  In a competition, anoutsideris a competitor who is unlikely to win.
  1. He was an outsider in the race to be the new UN Secretary-General.
     在新一任联合国秘书长的角逐中，他的胜算很小。

英英释义

noun

• someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
  Synonym:foreigner
• a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

双语例句

• In such a time, I feel I become an outsider because of my presence in France.
  这时候身在法国的我，反而觉得自己是个局外人了。
• I felt like an outsider.
  我感觉像个外人。
• In your love, I am an outsider too.
  在你们的爱里，我也只是一个局外人而已。
• This suggests you had to go to an outsider to complain.
  这表明，你不得不找一个局外人来听你的抱怨。
• From the day that I joined I was made to feel like an outsider.
  从我加入公司的那天起，我就感到自己像个外来者。
• An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship
  外人也许会误解这种关系的本质。
• Q. Sakamaki has lived his life as an outsider.
  Q.Sakamaki在生活中就是一个局外人。
• But, to an outsider, the country's politics also seem uncomfortably polarised.
  不过，对局外人来说，这个国家的政治看上似乎两极分化得令人不安。
• The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.
  最可能的结果是将大量的工作分包出去。
• I have experienced their insufferable feeling as an outsider being abandoned by this society.
  曾经也是一个被社会抛弃的外来户的我也体会过这种不堪忍受的感觉。