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N-COUNT
外面；外部；外表
The outside of something is the part which surrounds or encloses the rest of it.
例句
...the outside of the building...
建筑物的外部
Cook over a fairly high heat until the outsides are browned.
用大火烹调至表面焦黄。
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ADV
在外面；在室外；在建筑物近旁
If you are outside, you are not inside a building but are quite close to it.
例句
'Was the car inside the garage?' — 'No, it was still outside.'...
“车在车库里吗？”——“不，还在外面。”
I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist...
我走出门，竖起衣领抵御冷雾。
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PREP
在（房间）的外面
If you are outside a room, you are not in it but are in the passage or area next to it.
例句
She'd sent him outside the classroom...
她让他到教室外面去。
He stood in the narrow hallway just outside the door.
他就站在门外狭窄的走廊里。
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ADJ
外部（世界）的；外界的
When you talk about the outside world, you are referring to things that happen or exist in places other than your own home or community.
例句
...a side of Morris's character she hid carefully from the outside world...
莫里斯小心隐藏不让外人知晓的性格中的一面
It's important to have outside interests.
培养一些业余爱好很重要。
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PREP
不在…；在（某地）之外
People or things outside a country, town, or region are not in it.
例句
...an old castle outside Budapest...
布达佩斯城外的古堡
The number of warships stationed outside European waters roughly doubled.
部署在欧洲水域之外的战舰数量差不多增加了一倍。
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ADJ
（车道）靠近路中间的，快车道的
On a road with two separate carriageways, the outside lanes are the ones which are closest to its centre.
例句
It was travelling in the outside lane at 78mph.
它正以78英里的时速在快车道上疾驶。
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ADJ
（人员、机构等）外部的
Outside people or organizations are not part of a particular organization or group.
例句
The company now makes much greater use of outside consultants.
该公司现在对外聘顾问的利用更加充分。
...church services given on Sundays by outside chaplains.
外请牧师主持的星期天礼拜仪式
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PREP
在（…领域）以外
Outside a particular institution or field of activity means in other fields of activity or in general life.
例句
The condition is practically unknown outside psychiatry clinics.
除了医院的精神病科外，这种病几乎不为人知。
...the largest merger ever to take place outside the oil industry.
石油行业之外发生的一起有史以来规模最大的并购
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PREP
在…范围以外
Something that is outside a particular range of things is not included within it.
例句
She is a beautiful boat, but way, way outside my price range...
这条船很漂亮，但价格却远远超出我能承受的范围。
When Cathy sings about love, you feel that she's singing about something outside her experience.
凯茜在唱情歌的时候，你能感觉到她没有这方面的体验。
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PREP
在（某段时间）以外
Something that happens outside a particular period of time happens at a different time from the one mentioned.
例句
They are open outside normal daily banking hours.
它们在银行正常营业时间以外开放。
...nor does it help if your job involves working outside normal office hours.
工作需要加班也会有害。
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PREP-PHRASE
除了…之外；不包括
Outside of is used to introduce the only thing or person that prevents your main statement from being completely true.
例句
Every single relationship I've had with a man, outside of my husband, has ended in disaster.
除了我丈夫之外，我与所有男人的感情都以悲剧收场。
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PHRASE
最多；充其量；最晚
You use at the outside to say that you think that a particular amount is the largest possible in a particular situation, or that a particular time is the latest possible time for something to happen.
例句
Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
最多给自己留40分钟。