outside的中文意

• 0 not inside a building

  • It was a sunny day outside. 外面的天氣真好。

  • Since it's such a nice day, let's eat/sit/go outside. 既然天氣這麼好，我們到外面吃飯／坐坐／走走好嗎？

  • an outside light/toilet 室外燈／廁所

  • The company has called in outside experts. 公司已外請專家。

  • The outside limit/figure would be $350. 最大限度／最高價格會達到350美元。

• 1 not in a particular building or room, but near it

  • She sat for two hours on the floor outside his room. 她在他房間外的地上坐了兩個小時。

  • Nobody outside this room must ever know what we have discussed. 除了這間屋子裡的人，決不能讓任何人知道我們討論過的內容。

  • I'm afraid that would be outside my job description. 恐怕這超出了我的職責範圍。

  • Outside of us three, no one knows anything about the problem, yet. 除了我們三個，別人對這個問題都還毫不知情。

• 2 the outer part or side of something

  • The outside of the house needs painting. 房子的外部需要粉飾一下。

  • The house looks larger when looked at from the outside. 這幢房子從外面看顯得更大些。

  • The company needs to get help from outside (= from people who work for other organizations). 公司需要獲得外界的幫助。

• 3 used to say that an amount is the most possible in a situation

  • The job will take about ten days at the outside. 這工作頂多需要十天左右。

• 4 slight

  • There's still an outside chance/possibility that Scotland will make it into the World Cup. 蘇格蘭隊進入世界盃決賽圈仍有一線希望。