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

• She had no wish to share her father with any outsider and regarded us as interlopers.
  她不愿与任何外人分享父亲的爱，并把我们视为闯入者。
• 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。
• 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。
• Q. Sakamaki has lived his life as an outsider.
  Q.Sakamaki在生活中就是一个局外人。
• Like Mr Obama, he is an outsider with little experience of national politics but an agenda for change.
  和奥巴马一样，他也是个局外人，没有多少国家层面的政治经验，却有一项改革议程。
• This "outsider" is welcomed and accepted, and perhaps is even considering joining their Group officially.
  这个“局外人”的受到了欢迎并被大家所接受，甚至他也许在考虑正式加入这群人中。
• Why would I risk my life for an outsider?
  我为什么要为了一个外人冒生命危险？
• I was an outsider it?
  我是局外人吗？
• 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。
• 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。