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

• We just stand on the sidelines beside the academics and carp.
  我们只是站在学者和实权人物的边上。
• The two men met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations.
  两位领导人在出席8个工业化国家峰会期间进行了会晤。
• The conference was overshadowed by tense meetings on the sidelines involving several of the leaders.
  不过，在大会召开的同时，一些领导人在会外举行了气氛紧张的会晤，给整个大会蒙上了阴影。
• You present this proposal at the meeting and I'll back you up from the sidelines.
  你可以在会上提出这建议，我在旁边给你敲边鼓。
• 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。
• The spectators watched the game from the sidelines.
  观众从界线外的场地上观看比赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• I prefer to stand on the sidelines and watch. I really find it much safer.
  我宁可袖手旁观。我实在觉得这样安全得多。
• In tennis, ball boys wait on the sidelines to pick up balls that have been played.
  网球比赛中，球童等在边线拾起打过的球。