outside

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

...the outside of the building. …該建筑物的外部。

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

...high up on the outside wall. …在外墻上很高的地方。

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

I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist. 我走到外面，拉起衣領以抵御寒霧。

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

The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked. 受害人被襲擊時正在一家商店外面。

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

...the outside temperature. …外面的溫度。

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

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

They heard voices coming from outside in the corridor. 他們聽到來自外面走廊的說話聲。

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]

...a side of Morris's character she hid carefully from the outside world. …莫里斯對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]

The scheme was good for the prisoners because it brought them outside into the community. 該方案對犯人們有益，因為這能讓他們到外界去融入社會。

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

...an old castle outside Budapest. …布達佩斯外的一座古堡。

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

Peace cannot be imposed from the outside by the United States or anyone else. 和平不能由美國或其他任何國家從外部強加。

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

The company now makes much greater use of outside consultants. 該公司現(xiàn)在更多地利用外聘顧問。

13. PREP Outside is also a preposition. 從外面來; 從外面聘

He is hoping to recruit a chairman from outside the company. 他在希望從公司之外招聘一位董事長。

14. PREP Outside a particular institution or field of activity means in other fields of activity or in general life. 在 (某機構或領域) 以外

...the largest merger ever to take place outside the oil industry. …石油行業(yè)以外有史以來最大的合并。

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

She is a beautiful boat, but way, way outside my price range. 她是條漂亮的船，但遠在我的價格承受范圍以外。

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

They are open outside normal daily banking hours. 它們在銀行日常營業(yè)時間以外開放。