| 词组 | outside of |
| 释义 | outside of 1. Bernstein 1965 sees nothing wrong with outside of as a synonym for outside, but a whole string of commentators from Bierce 1909 to Shaw 1987 do see something wrong. The culprit is of, all two letters and one syllable of it. Our evidence suggests that writers and speakers retain the of when it sounds right to them, and drop it when it does not. You have the same choice. Here are a few who kept of: • Well, as an old veteran sixth-grader, that question is I think outside of my province —William Faulkner, II Mar. 1957, in Faulkner in the University, 1959 • If you order it outside of Boston, however, the waiter is not likely to know what you're talking about — Safire 1982 • ... a power of language rarely found outside of a legislative assembly —Leacock 1943 • "Yes. He's a fine one," Pop said. "Where did you get him?" "Just outside of camp."—Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa, 1935 • ... under an appropriate finding you could authorize the CIA to sell arms to countries outside of the provisions of the laws —Oliver North, in The Tower Commission Report, 1987 • Most of the papers chosen had been written outside of class to meet regular assignments —James Sledd, in Greenbaum 1985 • ... but I was relatively unknown outside of Capitol Hill —Tip O'Neill with William Novak, Man of the House, 1987 2. Bernstein 1965 disparages outside of in the sense of "except for" or "aside from," and so do several college handbooks from Woolley & Scott 1926 to Macmillan 1982. The usage is, however, quite respectable in ordinary writing. • Really outside of Hume no one in English philosophy has quite the same magic —Harold J. Laski, letter, 11 Apr. 1920 • ... Britain and France can buy all the supplies they want from us, outside of munitions —New Republic, 8 Mar. 1939 • Expressions of dissatisfaction with newspapers, outside of a few major centers and a relatively limited list of papers, are very widely heard —Erwin D. Can-ham, Saturday Rev., 14 Feb. 1953 • ... all fish and shellfish—outside of a few specimens such as abalone and octopus—are tender in their raw state —Thomas Mario, Playboy, September 1968 • ... was given no preferential treatment, outside of being addressed as Ypsilotatos —Current Biography, April 1967 • Outside of a few politicians, I can't imagine anyone so stuffy that he wouldn't enjoy this —Noel Cop-page, Stereo Rev., September 1971 3. See inside of. |
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