sideline

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side·line1 /ˈsaɪdlaɪn/ noun

1 [countableC]JOB/WORK an activity that you do as well as your main job or business, in order to earn more money 副业，兼职

as a sideline

Zoë does a bit of freelance photography as a sideline.

佐薇兼职做点自由摄影。

2 on the sidelines TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDnot taking part in an activity even though you want to or should do 旁观，置身事外

stand/stay/remain etc on the sidelines

You can’t stay on the sidelines for ever; it’s time you got involved.

你不能一直袖手旁观，是时候参与进来了。

Examples from the Corpus

on the sidelines• Only McManaman, with a serious knee injury, will still be on the sidelines when they return to Villa Park tonight.• And I see companions and conviviality as much more on the sidelines of life than at the centre.• And Congress, with its hands in its pocket-wherein reside its true concern-stands mute1y on the sidelines.• How can we sit on the sidelines when thousands of innocent civilians are being killed.• Jody is standing on the sidelines watching the visitors go through their drills.• Tom stood on the sidelines , cheering his teammates.• You can't just wait on the sidelines and hope things will improve.• A bad tendon strain in Aldaniti's off-foreleg had to be fired, and he was on the sidelines for eighteen months.

3 sidelines [plural]DS the area just outside the lines that form the edge of a sports field 〔球场等的〕界外区域，场外

on the sidelines

Wenger stood on the sidelines shouting instructions.

温格站在场外大声发出指示。

Examples from the Corpus

on the sidelines• Only McManaman, with a serious knee injury, will still be on the sidelines when they return to Villa Park tonight.• And I see companions and conviviality as much more on the sidelines of life than at the centre.• And Congress, with its hands in its pocket-wherein reside its true concern-stands mute1y on the sidelines.• Jody is standing on the sidelines watching the visitors go through their drills.• A bad tendon strain in Aldaniti's off-foreleg had to be fired, and he was on the sidelines for eighteen months.

4. [countableC]DS a line at the side of a sports field, which shows where the players are allowed to play 〔球场等的〕边线

Examples from the Corpus

sideline• Tracy intended to run the seed business as a sideline, but it soon became her full-time job.• Many of these doctors offer weight-loss programs as a sideline to their regular practices of stitching up fingers and diagnosing strep throat.• Over his 25-year career, recording has been a sideline to performing.• I sometimes take wedding photographs on Saturdays -- it's a nice little sideline and it gives me a bit of extra cash.• On the other hand, fitting the SIMMs themselves is a lucrative sideline.• And with what confidence we lured the hesitant from the sidelines.• Alyssia watched from the sidelines, feeling like a fish out of water, watching Piers from under her lashes.• These must be weighed against the risks in standing on the sidelines.• The Raiders made theirs on the sideline watching Testaverde realize that he just might be able to win this darn thing.• A bad tendon strain in Aldaniti's off-foreleg had to be fired, and he was on the sidelines for eighteen months.• They throw to the backs so often in the flat that their field tilts toward the sidelines.

as a sideline• Keen on promoting venture capital, Viney owns a chain of wine bars as a sideline.• One summer in Delaware I bought a chicken from a fisherman who raised birds as a sideline.• In 1865, Richard Arkell started brewing, for corn millers often took up brewing as a sideline.• In this case, what started out as a sideline soon became of major importance.• Many of these doctors offer weight-loss programs as a sideline to their regular practices of stitching up fingers and diagnosing strep throat.• So as a sideline I managed to persuade them to put out an album of the more acoustic stuff.

sideline2 verb [transitiveT]

PLAY A GAME OR SPORT#if you are sidelined, you are unable to play in a sports game because you are injured, or unable to take part in an activity because you are not as good as someone else 〔因受伤〕使无法上场比赛；〔因水平不够〕使不能参加活动

Owen was once again sidelined through injury.

欧文又一次因伤无法上场。

n Grammar

Sideline is usually passive.

Examples from the Corpus

sideline• Horn will be sidelined for three weeks by a sprained ankle.• Fullback Marty Roebuck could also miss out as an ankle operation is likely to sideline him for six to seven weeks.• And coach John Monie let Joe Lydon undergo a twice-postponed knee operation, which will sideline him for up to three weeks.• It will sideline the talented right-back for up to six weeks.