sideways

英語

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈsaɪdweɪz/

• （英國南部）音頻

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名詞

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）

形容詞

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

1. 朝向一側的

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

   他從側面瞥了一眼Mary，說道： […]

   He gave the ball a sideways kick.

   他給球來了一記側踢。

2. (非正式) 一側朝前的，側面朝前的

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

   桌旁每個座位前都有一摞紙，但每摞紙都是側放着的。

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. (常帶with，非正式) （與...）有衝突的

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

   他在被開除前經常和老闆起矛盾。

副詞

sideways

1. 以一側朝前地，側着

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

   他把房子側着建了。房子的前門在側面。

2. 朝着一側，朝着側面

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

   象只能斜着走；車只能側着，朝前或者朝後走。

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

   他側臉看向新來的人，好奇她是誰。

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3. 斜視着，斜着（看）
4. (非正式) 不上不下

   The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.

   經濟好幾個月了都不好不壞。

6. (主要用於美國，口語) 出岔子地，偏離計劃地

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

   我們意識到，如果不拉攏好市場營銷那邊的人，項目很快就會泡湯。

   • 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）

衍生詞彙

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

 

參考資料

• OneLook 在線詞典 上有關 sideways 的釋義

異序詞

• waysides