outsider
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An outsider is someone who does not belong to a particular group or organization. (不属于某组织或团体的) 外部人士
The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider. 最有可能的结果是把大量工作分包给外部人员。
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. (未被某组织接受或自感不属其内的) 外人
Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them. 马隆,一个警察,跟他们中任何人一样感到自己是个外人。
3. N-COUNT In a competition, an outsider is a competitor who is unlikely to win. (在比赛中) 无望获胜者
He was an outsider in the race to be the new UN Secretary-General. 他在本届新联合国秘书长的角逐中是无望获胜者。
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outsider /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə/ (outsiders)
剑桥词典
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
局外人;外来者;外部的人
Outsiders have a glamorized idea of what it is like to work in Hollywood . 外人把在好莱坞工作想象得无比美好。
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
(不被某一团体、组织或社会接受的)局外人,不合群的人,外人
As a child he was very much an outsider, never participating in the games other children played . 小时候他非常不合群,从来不和其他的孩子一起玩游戏。
outsider noun [C] (UNLIKELY WINNER)
a person or animal with only a slight chance of winning
取胜希望渺茫的人(或动物)
A complete outsider won this year's award . 一名完全没有被看好的人赢得了今年的奖项。
The race was won by a rank outsider. 在这场比赛中夺冠的是一匹不被看好的马。 返回 outsider