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n. be an outcast (in/from sth)
in 后接群体，from 后接被排斥的来源。
He was an outcast in his own family.
他在自己家里是个被排斥的人。
被排斥者；被遗弃者
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被排斥者；被遗弃者
a person who is rejected by society or home
He was an outcast in his own family.
他在自己家里是个被排斥的人。
被社会或系统排斥的人；弃儿；麻风病人。
One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
局外人:不属于某群体的人,不合群者。
Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
麦芽制造过程中谷物体积的增加量。
The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.
After changing schools, he felt like an outcast until he found some friends.
转学后，他感觉自己像个被排斥的人，直到交到一些朋友。
The team treated the quiet new member as an outcast at first.
起初，团队把这位安静的新成员当作被排斥的人来对待。
In the small town, anyone who disagreed with local customs quickly became an outcast.
在这个小镇上，任何不同意当地习俗的人很快就会成为被排斥的人。
in 后接群体，from 后接被排斥的来源。
He was an outcast in his own family.
他在自己家里是个被排斥的人。
as 不能省略，表示“把……当作……”。
The villagers treated the stranger as an outcast.
村民们把这个陌生人当作被驱逐者。
形容词 outcast 常用在系动词后作表语，不带冠词。
Moving to a new country made him feel outcast.
移居到新国家让他感到被遗弃。
Not this
The story is about outcast.
Use this
The story is about an outcast.
outcast 作名词时是可数名词，表示“被排斥的人”，单数形式前必须加不定冠词 an（因其以元音音素 /aʊ/ 开头）。
Not this
He is an outcast person.
Use this
He is an outcast.
outcast 本身已指“被排斥的人”，后面再加 person 属于语义重复。直接用 outcast 作名词即可，无需额外添加 person。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被社会排斥的人；社会弃儿
After the scandal, she was treated as a social outcast.
丑闻之后，她被当作被社会排斥的人对待。
感觉自己像个被排斥的人
Moving to a new town made him feel like an outcast.
搬到新城镇让他感觉自己像个被排斥的人。
把某人当作被排斥者对待
The classmates treated him as an outcast because of his accent.
因为口音，同学们把他当作被排斥者对待。
成为被排斥的人
He became an outcast in his own family after the quarrel.
那次争吵之后，他在自己家里成了被排斥的人。
我是被遗弃的人，我是傻瓜，我是怪胎。
Quasimodo feels like an outcast because of his appearance.
卡西莫多因为自己的模样感到像个被遗弃的人。
敬波希米亚人、艺术家、流浪汉、女王、娘娘腔、怪胎、弃儿。
In the musical Rent, the characters proudly call themselves outcasts.
在音乐剧《吉屋出租》中，角色们自豪地称自己为被遗弃的人。
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联想：out（出）+ cast（投掷）→ 被抛出去的人，即被社会或家庭遗弃者。
语域：neutral 常见场景：social commentary、literary narrative、news discussion 指被社会或群体排斥的人，语气中性但略偏书面，多用于社会评论、文学作品或新闻报道中；日常口语中谈到某人被孤立时也常说，但往往带同情色彩。
末尾读 /kæst/ 的词：cast, broadcast, forecast, podcast；它们与 outcast 的 -cast 拼写和读音相同，但重音在第一个音节，所以不算严格押韵。注意 outlast /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ 拼写几乎相同，但第二音节是 /læst/；past /pæst/ 与 cast 仅首字母不同；coast /koʊst/ 拼写相似但读音完全不同。
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