1N-COUNT (某个团体或组织)外部的人 An outsider is someone who does not belong to a particular group or organization. (某个团体或组织)外部的人
The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.
最可能的结果是将大量的工作分包出去。
2N-COUNT (不为某一团体所接受或感觉不属其中的)外人 An outsider is someone who is not accepted by a particular group, or who feels that they do not belong in it. (不为某一团体所接受或感觉不属其中的)外人
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。
3N-COUNT (在竞赛中)不大可能获胜的人(或队伍) In a competition, an outsider is a competitor who is unlikely to win. (在竞赛中)不大可能获胜的人(或队伍)
He was an outsider in the race to be the new UN Secretary-General.
1not a member of a group圈外人ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTSIDER | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤complete完全的圈外人▸➤political, social政治上的局外人;孤立於社會的人VERB + OUTSIDER➤feel, feel like感覺像局外人◇I started to feel like a complete outsider.我開始感覺自己像個十足的局外人。PREPOSITION➤outsider to⋯外部的人◇an outsider to the group圈子之外的人outsider
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2competitor who will probably not win不大可能獲勝的競爭者ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤complete, rank絕無可能獲勝的人PREPOSITION➤outsider in在⋯不大可能獲勝的人◇The company has gone from being an outsider in the market to being a market leader.這家公司原本在市場上無足輕重,現已成為市場的領頭羊。