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outsider

英 [aʊt'saɪdə] 美 ['aʊt'saɪdɚ]

解释

n. 外人；无取胜希望者

※ 提供单词"outsider"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

outsider 局外人

来自outside,外边。引申词义局外人。

英文词源

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).

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例句和用法

1. An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.: 外人也许会误解这种关系的本质。

2. 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。

3. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.: 他们的行话外人听不懂。

4. Here she felt she would always be an outsider.: 她在这里总觉得是个外人。

5. She always wagered on an outsider.: 她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。