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beside + noun/pronoun
She sat beside her mother.
她坐在母亲旁边。
在…旁边；在…一侧
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
在…旁边；在…一侧
Next to; at the side of.
She sat beside her mother.
她坐在母亲旁边。
在旁边；在...旁边。
Next to; at the side of.
与...无关。
Not relevant to.
除...之外；另外。
Besides; in addition to.
She placed her bag beside the chair.
她把包放在椅子旁边。
The cat slept beside the warm fireplace.
猫在温暖的火炉旁边睡觉。
I stood beside my friend during the ceremony.
典礼期间我站在朋友旁边。
She sat beside her mother.
她坐在母亲旁边。
表示情绪极度激动，常接with joy, anger, grief等。
He was beside himself with anger.
他愤怒得几乎失控。
意为“不相关”，用于指出某论据无关紧要。
That argument is beside the point.
那个争论不切题。
Not this
I sit besides the window.
Use this
I sit beside the window.
‘beside’ 表示‘在…旁边’，而 ‘besides’ 表示‘除…之外’。中文学习者常混淆这两个词。
Not this
The cat is beside of the table.
Use this
The cat is beside the table.
‘beside’ 是介词，直接接宾语，不需要加 ‘of’。中文‘在…旁边’没有对应的介词结构，容易误加 ‘of’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
极度激动；无法控制自己
She was beside herself with grief.
她悲痛欲绝。
离题；不相关
That argument is beside the point.
那个论点不相关。
不切题；不准确
Her remark was quite beside the mark.
她的话完全离题了。
站在旁边；支持
He stood beside her during the ceremony.
仪式期间他站在她旁边。
与问题无关
That is beside the question we are discussing.
那与我们讨论的问题无关。
极度激动（尤指愤怒或悲伤）
She was beside herself with grief.
她悲痛欲绝。
离题；不相关
That argument is completely beside the point.
那个论点完全离题了。
不相关；不准确
His remarks were quite beside the mark.
他的评论相当不准确。
我确实喜欢在海边
From the song 'Oh, I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside', popular in British culture.
出自歌曲《哦，我确实喜欢在海边》，在英国文化中广为流传。
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联想：be side（在一边），就是“在旁边”。想象你站在比赛场地的一侧，就是beside。记住“be”和“side”组合在一起。
语域：neutral 常见场景：spatial description、literary narrative 作为副词时，现代英语中较少单独使用，多出现在固定搭配或文学性描述中。
介词，后接名词或代词，表示“在…旁边”。
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