| 词组 | outside |
| 释义 | outside Outside is used as a preposition or an adverb. ◊ used as a preposition When someone or something is close to a building but not actually inside it, you say that they are outside the building. I parked outside the hotel. There are queues for jobs outside the shipping offices. Note that in standard English you do not say that someone is 'outside of' a building. ◊ used as an adverb You can also say that someone or something is outside or that something is happening outside. There were about a dozen youths standing outside. Patrick was cleaning out the fish tank outside. When you go outside, you leave a building and go into the open air, but stay quite close to the building. When they went outside, a light snow was falling. Go outside and play for a bit. If you leave a building in order to go some distance from it, you do not say that you go 'outside'. You say that you go out. Towards dark he went out. I have to go out. I'll be back late tonight. You can also say that someone is outside when they are close to a room, for example in a hallway or corridor. I'd better wait outside in the corridor. Your father's lawyer is waiting outside. ◊ another meaning of 'outside' You can also talk about someone or something being outside a country. When outside is used like this, it does not have 'near' as part of its meaning. If you are outside a country, you can be near to the country or a long way away from it. ...if you have lived outside Britain. |
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