outside /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The outside of something is the part which surrounds or encloses the rest of it. 外部

  例：

  ...the outside of the building.

  …该建筑物的外部。

• 2. 

  ADJ Outside is also an adjective. 外部的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...high up on the outside wall.

  …在外墙上很高的地方。

• 3. 

  ADV If you are outside, you are not inside a building but are quite close to it. 在外面

  例：

  I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist.

  我走到外面，拉起衣领以抵御寒雾。

  例：

  Outside, the light was fading rapidly.

  在外面，光在快速消失。

• 4. 

  PREP Outside is also a preposition. 在…外面

  例：

  The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked.

  受害人被袭击时正在一家商店外面。

• 5. 

  ADJ Outside is also an adjective. 外面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the outside temperature.

  …外面的温度。

• 6. 

  PREP If you are outside a room, you are not in it but are in the passage or area next to it. 在 (房间) 外面

  例：

  She'd sent him outside the classroom.

  她叫他到教室外面去。

• 7. 

  ADV Outside is also an adverb. 在外面

  例：

  They heard voices coming from outside in the corridor.

  他们听到来自外面走廊的说话声。

• 8. 

  ADJ When you talk about the outside world, you are referring to things that happen or exist in places other than your own home or community. 外界的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a side of Morris's character she hid carefully from the outside world.

  …莫里斯对外界小心掩藏的其性格的一面。

• 9. 

  ADV Outside is also an adverb. 在外界 [ADV after v]

  例：

  The scheme was good for the prisoners because it brought them outside into the community.

  该方案对犯人们有益，因为这能让他们到外界去融入社会。

• 10. 

  PREP People or things outside a country, town, or region are not in it. 在 (某国、城市、地区) 之外 [n/-ed PREP n]

  例：

  ...an old castle outside Budapest.

  …布达佩斯外的一座古堡。

• 11. 

  N-SING Outside is also a noun. 外部 ['the' N]

  例：

  Peace cannot be imposed from the outside by the United States or anyone else.

  和平不能由美国或其他任何国家从外部强加。

• 12. 

  ADJ Outside people or organizations are not part of a particular organization or group. 外来的; 外聘的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The company now makes much greater use of outside consultants.

  该公司现在更多地利用外聘顾问。

• 13. 

  PREP Outside is also a preposition. 从外面来; 从外面聘

  例：

  He is hoping to recruit a chairman from outside the company.

  他在希望从公司之外招聘一位董事长。

• 14. 

  PREP Outside a particular institution or field of activity means in other fields of activity or in general life. 在 (某机构或领域) 以外

  例：

  ...the largest merger ever to take place outside the oil industry.

  …石油行业以外有史以来最大的合并。

• 15. 

  PREP Something that is outside a particular range of things is not included within it. 在 (某范围) 以外

  例：

  She is a beautiful boat, but way, way outside my price range.

  她是条漂亮的船，但远在我的价格承受范围以外。

• 16. 

  PREP Something that happens outside a particular period of time happens at a different time from the one mentioned. 在 (某时期) 以外

  例：

  They are open outside normal daily banking hours.

  它们在银行日常营业时间以外开放。