sidelines

英 [ˈsaɪdlaɪnz]

美 [ˈsaɪdlaɪnz]

n.  兼职; 副业; 兼营业务; (球场等的)边线，两侧场外区域
v.  使退出比赛，使下场(尤指由于受伤); 把…排除在核心之外; 使靠边
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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 兼职;副业
  Asidelineis something that you do in addition to your main job in order to earn extra money.
  1. It was quite a lucrative sideline...
     这份兼职很赚钱。
  2. Mr. Means sold computer disks as a sideline.
     米恩斯先生以卖计算机硬盘作为副业。
• (球场等的)边线
  Thesidelinesare the lines marking the long sides of the playing area, for example on a football field or tennis court.
• N-PLURAL (某一情况的)外围，局外
  If you areon the sidelinesin a situation, you do not influence events at all, either because you have chosen not to be involved, or because other people have not involved you.
  1. France no longer wants to be left on the sidelines when critical decisions are taken...
     在作出关键决定时，法国不想再被撇在一边了。
  2. He has watched from the sidelines the great developments unrolling in Eastern Europe...
     他一直在一旁关注东欧相继取得的重大进展。
  3. The government has just stood on the sidelines up to now and let the situation get worse.
     迄今为止政府仅仅是置身局外，任凭事态恶化。
• VERB 把…排除在外;使靠边;不重视
  If someone or somethingis sidelined, they are made to seem unimportant and not included in what people are doing.
  1. He was under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined...
     他承受着被迫辞职的压力，很快就要被排挤出去了。
  2. What they fear is that environment policy will be sidelined until it is too late.
     他们所担忧的是环境政策不能得到及时的重视。
• VERB 使(运动员)下场;使退出比赛
  In sports, if a playeris sidelined, he or she is prevented from playing for a period of time, for example because of an injury.
  1. Mercer will have his jaw wired up tomorrow and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.
     默瑟明天要进行下颌骨固定手术，将离开赛场 6至8 个星期。

双语例句

• Must be frustrating to sit on the sidelines like that.
  像那样坐在床边一定很有挫折感。
• They watched the match from the sidelines.
  他们站在界线外看比赛。
• But consumers and speculators remain on the sidelines of the swap market.
  但消费者和投机者仍在离场观望。
• We'll watch this one from the sidelines.
  我们将对这支股票持退而观望的立场。
• You can't expect me to stand in the sidelines.
  你不可能期望我袖手旁观。
• Sebastian Giovinco, interviewed by Juventus Channel, spoke of the game against Real Madrid that he watched from the sidelines, but also about the derby, which he could be playing in.
  塞巴斯蒂安·乔文科接受了尤文图斯频道的采访，谈到了他在替补席上观看的那场对阵皇马的比赛，也谈到了他将参战的德比大战。
• Until he expressed an interest, Canada and Mexico had also remained on the sidelines.
  在他表态之前，加拿大和墨西哥一直保持观望态度。
• I always stood on the sidelines, observing very carefully.
  我总是站在边线，仔细观察。
• When he was forbidden to play, he fretted through a winter on the sidelines.
  他被禁止参加比赛后，整个冬天都烦恼地坐在旁观席上。
• Yahoo has resigned itself to watching China from the sidelines.
  雅虎已经接受了这个事实：它只能在场边旁观中国了。