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outside world

/ˈaʊtˌsaɪd wɜːld/
noun phrase★中级— 外部世界
neutral

外部的世界,与某个特定环境(如监狱、实验室或个人空间)相对的外部环境。

Scientists must often leave the lab to observe the outside world.

科学家们常常需要离开实验室去观察外部世界。

Prisoners sometimes lose touch with the outside world during long sentences.

囚犯在长期服刑期间有时会与外部世界失去联系。

💡

强调与内部环境的对比,常用于描述隔离、封闭或专注于特定领域后的重新接触。

搭配

adapt to the outside world适应外部世界cut off from the outside world与外部世界隔绝return to the outside world回归外部世界

同义词

external worldexternal environmentouter world

反义词

inner worldinternal worldprisonisolated environment

相关短语

inner world短语
内心世界或主观体验
inner circle短语
核心圈子或亲密群体

💡专业提示

区分外部与内部

在使用"outside world"时,明确对比的内部环境是什么(如监狱、实验室、个人思想)。例如:"After years in prison, he found the outside world overwhelming."(多年后出狱,他发现外部世界令人不知所措。)

⚡黄金法则

避免字面直译

中文中"outside world"通常译为"外部世界"或"外界",而非逐字翻译为"外面的世界"。后者在中文中显得生硬或不自然。

📖词源

由"outside"(外部)和"world"(世界)组合而成,源于古英语"ūtanweard"(外部)和"woruld"(人类、时代、世界)。该短语在17世纪开始出现,用于描述与某个封闭空间相对的外部环境。

📝用法说明

常用于描述从封闭环境(如监狱、修道院、实验室)重新进入社会时的状态。也可泛指与某个小圈子或专业领域相对的普遍社会环境。

单词拆解

outside
外部的,外面的
adjective
+
world
世界,环境
noun
英汉词典

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