sideline

sideline
noun
  1. an activity done in addition to one's main job, especially to earn extra income
    (尤指挣取外快的)副业,兼职
    [as modifier]a sideline career as a stand-up comic.
    一份做单人说笑喜剧演员的兼职工作。
    ■an auxiliary line of goods or trade
    兼售的货类;附带的贸易
    electronic handbooks are a lucrative sideline for the firm.
    电子手册是这家公司赚钱的附带商品。
  2. (一般作 sidelines)either of the two lines bounding the longer sides of a football field, basketball court, or similar
    (足球场、篮球场等的)边线
    ■the area immediately outside such lines as a place for non-players, substitutes, or spectators
    (供非运动员、替补队员或观众坐的)场外区域
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be sidelined)cause (a player) to be unable to play in a team or game
    使(运动员)无法参赛
    an ankle injury has sidelined him for two weeks.
    踝部受伤使他停赛两周。
    ■(figurative)remove from the centre of activity or attention; place in a less influential position
    (喻)使靠边;使降格
    back-bench MPs have been sidelined and excluded from decision-making.
    后座议员靠边站,无权决策。
常用词组
on (或 from) the sidelines
  1. in (or from) a position where one is observing a situation but is unable or unwilling to be directly involved in it
    当旁观者,当局外人
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