outsider

• n. 外人；无取胜希望者

词态变化

中文词源

来自outside,外边。引申词义局外人。

英文词源

outsider (n.)

1800, from outside; figurative sense of "a person isolated from conventional society" is first recorded 1907. The sense of race horses "outside" the favorites is from 1836; hence outside chance (1909).

双语例句

1. An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.

外人也许会误解这种关系的本质。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them.

马隆是个警察，他跟他们一样都觉得自己像个外人。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.

他们的行话外人听不懂。

来自《权威词典》

4. Here she felt she would always be an outsider.

她在这里总觉得是个外人。

来自《权威词典》

5. She always wagered on an outsider.

她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。

来自《权威词典》