Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #4705
Fully loadedoutsider
局外人；外人
a person who is not a member of a group or is excluded from it
- 1.
One who is not part of a community or organization.
不属于某个社区或组织的人
- 2.
someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
被排斥在群体之外或不属于某群体的人
- 3.
A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
在组织或社区中经验不足的新来者
- 4.
a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
被视为获胜希望不大的参赛者(人或动物)
- 5.
A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
获胜可能性很小的竞争者或参赛者；冷门选手
不属于某个社区或组织的人；被排斥在群体之外或不属于某群体的人；在组织或社区中经验不足的新来者；被视为获胜希望不大的参赛者(人或动物)；获胜可能性很小的竞争者或参赛者；冷门选手
In use
At the party I felt like an outsider because everyone else had known each other since childhood.
She moved to a small town, but she soon learned that being an outsider made it hard to earn people's trust.
Outsiders can bring fresh ideas because they see the group's habits from a different perspective.
feel like an outsider
常用于描述主观感受
I felt like an outsider at the party.
我感到自己在派对上像个局外人。
be an outsider
He was always an outsider in his family.
他在家里总是一个局外人。
an outsider in sth
后接群体或领域
Connections
Collocations
- feel like an outsider
- 感到格格不入
- When I first moved to the city, I felt like an outsider.刚搬到这座城市时，我感到格格不入。
- outsider status
- 局外人身份
- His outsider status made it hard for him to be accepted.他的局外人身份使他很难被接纳。
- political outsider
- 政治局外人
- The candidate ran as a political outsider.这位候选人以政治局外人的身份参选。
- rank outsider
- 冷门选手
- The horse was a rank outsider in the race.这匹马在比赛中是冷门选手。
- complete outsider
- 完全的局外人
- She felt like a complete outsider at the party.她在派对上感觉自己完全是个局外人。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
outsider = out（外面）+ side（边）+ er（人），联想“站在边界外面的人”，即局外人、门外汉。
Context & Register
混合语域；主要用于社交排斥（局外人）和竞赛评论（冷门选手）。两种用法均常见，语域中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the ending /aɪdər/ and rhyme with 'outsider'. Other words ending in '-er' like 'teacher' or 'worker' do not rhyme because their stressed vowel differs. The common spelling pattern is 'ider'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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