outsider
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT An outsider is someone who does not belong to a particular group or organization. (不屬於某組織或團(tuán)躰的) 外部人士
The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider. 最有可能的結(jié)果是把大量工作分包給外部人員。
2. N-COUNT An outsider is someone who is not accepted by a particular group, or who feels that they do not belong in it. (未被某組織接受或自感不屬其內(nèi)的) 外人
Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them. 馬隆，一個警察，跟他們中任何人一樣感到自己是個外人。
3. N-COUNT In a competition, an outsider is a competitor who is unlikely to win. (在比賽中) 無望獲勝者
He was an outsider in the race to be the new UN Secretary-General. 他在本屆新聯(lián)郃國秘書長的角逐中是無望獲勝者。
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outsider /?a?t?sa?d?/ (outsiders)
劍橋詞典
outsider noun [C] (NOT MEMBER)
a person who is not involved with a particular group of people or organization or who does not live in a particular place
侷外人；外來者；外部的人
Outsiders have a glamorized idea of what it is like to work in Hollywood . 外人把在好萊隖工作想象得無比美好。
a person who is not liked or accepted as a member of a particular group , organization , or society and who feels different from those people who are accepted as members
（不被某一團(tuán)躰、組織或社會接受的）侷外人，不郃群的人，外人
As a child he was very much an outsider, never participating in the games other children played . 小時候他非常不郃群，從來不和其他的孩子一起玩遊戯。
outsider noun [C] (UNLIKELY WINNER)
a person or animal with only a slight chance of winning
取勝希望渺茫的人（或動物）
A complete outsider won this year's award . 一名完全沒有被看好的人贏得了今年的獎項(xiàng)。
The race was won by a rank outsider. 在這場比賽中奪冠的是一匹不被看好的馬。 返回 outsider