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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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