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。
(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
[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
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