sideways

英语

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈsaɪdweɪz/

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  （文檔）

名词

sideways

1. sideway 的複數
   • 2002, Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven, Joseph Brodsky: Conversations，頁號 169:

     And he was just taking byways and sideways, travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?

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   • 2006, David Haskell, Roundabout the USA，頁號 103:

     In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2013, Pitou van Dijck, The Impact of the IIRSA Road Infrastructure Programme on Amazonia，頁號 81:

     Expansion of economic activities resulted in the construction of a so—called fishbone pattern of roads and sideways.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

形容词

sideways (比較級 more sideways，最高級 most sideways)

1. 朝向一侧的

   Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said, […]

   他从侧面瞥了一眼Mary，说道： […]

   He gave the ball a sideways kick.

   他给球来了一记侧踢。

2. (非正式) 一侧朝前的，侧面朝前的

   There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.

   桌旁每个座位前都有一摞纸，但每摞纸都是侧放着的。

3. (非正式) 不上不下的

   Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.

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4. (常带with，非正式) （与...）有冲突的

   He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.

   他在被开除前经常和老板起矛盾。

副词

sideways

1. 以一侧朝前地，侧着

   He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.

   他把房子侧着建了。房子的前门在侧面。

2. 朝着一侧，朝着侧面

   A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.

   象只能斜着走；车只能侧着，朝前或者朝后走。

   He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.

   他侧脸看向新来的人，好奇她是谁。

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3. 斜视着，斜着（看）
4. (非正式) 不上不下

   The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.

   经济好几个月了都不好不坏。

6. (主要用於美國，口語) 出岔子地，偏离计划地

   We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.

   我们意识到，如果不拉拢好市场营销那边的人，项目很快就会泡汤。

   • 2011, D. P. Lyle, 章號 78, 出自 Hot Lights, Cold Steel, →ISBN，頁號 340:

     As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2023 5月 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, 引 Ivan Matkovic, “So long, San Francisco”, 出自 FT Weekend, Life & Arts，頁號 1:

     It feels like the probability of something going sideways here is higher.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

衍生词汇

• fuck me sideways
• knock sideways
• move sideways
• sideways-on
• spelled sideways

 

参考资料

• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 sideways 的释义

异序词

• waysides