outside是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not inside a building -- 在外面（的），在室外（的）；在…外面（的）

  • It was a sunny day outside. 外面的天气真好。

  • Since it's such a nice day, let's eat/sit/go outside. 既然天气这么好，我们去外面吃饭／坐坐／走走好吗？

  • an outside light/toilet 室外灯／厕所

  • The company has called in outside experts. 公司已外请专家。

  • The outside limit/figure would be $350. 最大限度／最高价格会达到350美元。

• 1 not in a particular building or room, but near it -- 在（…）外面

  • She sat for two hours on the floor outside his room. 她在他房间外的地上坐了两个小时。

  • Nobody outside this room must ever know what we have discussed. 除了这间屋子里的人，决不能让任何人知道我们讨论过的内容。

  • I'm afraid that would be outside my job description. 恐怕这超出了我的职责范围。

  • Outside of us three, no one knows anything about the problem, yet. 除了我们3个，别人对这个问题都还毫不知情。

• 2 the outer part or side of something -- 外部，外面

  • The outside of the house needs painting. 房子的外部需要粉刷一下。

  • The house looks larger when looked at from the outside. 这幢房子从外面看显得更大些。

  • The company needs to get help from outside (= from people who work for other organizations). 公司需要获得外界的帮助。

• 3 used to say that an amount is the most possible in a situation -- 最多，顶多

  • The job will take about ten days at the outside. 这活儿顶多需要10天左右。

• 4 slight -- 微小的，极小的

  • There's still an outside chance/possibility that Scotland will make it into the World Cup. 苏格兰队进入世界杯决赛圈仍有一线希望。