outsider
英 /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə/ 美 /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdɚ/
- n. 局外人；外来者Someone who does not belong to a particular group.
- n. 不被看好的竞争者A competitor considered unlikely to win.
At first, I felt like an outsider at school.
起初，我觉得自己在学校里像个局外人。
An outsider may identify weaknesses in an organisation that its long-standing members have failed to notice.
局外人可能发现一个组织中资深成员未曾注意到的弱点。
搭配
feel like an outsider 觉得自己是局外人an outsider's perspective 局外人的视角a rank outsider 极不被看好的竞争者
辨析提示
既可指圈外人，也可指不被看好的参赛者。
词族
outside (adv.)
反义 insider
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