on the sidelines
Definition: Not taking part in an activity even though you want to or should do.
旁觀;袖手旁觀;不直接參與;在一邊觀戰;保持觀望
常用搭配:
stand / stay / wait / sit / remain etc. on the sidelines
to watch from the sidelines
sidelines (n.)
(usually plural)
Definition: The area just outside the lines that form the edge of a sports field.
(球場等的)界外區域;場外
常用搭配:
on the sidelines
The coach stood on the sidelines shouting instructions.
教練站在場外大聲發出指示。
Several countries chose to remain on the sidelines during the war.
幾個國家選擇在戰爭期間保持中立。
I'm on the sidelines. I'm going to wait and see what happens.
我持觀望態度,靜觀其變。
You can't stay on the sidelines for ever, it's time for you to get involved.
你不可能一直袖手旁觀呀!該是你插手的時候了。
I don’t like dancing, I』d rather watch from the sidelines (= not to be directly involved).
我不喜歡跳舞,我寧願在場邊觀看。
The absence of new products is keeping consumers on the sidelines.
新產品的缺乏使消費者處於觀望狀態。
更多實體例句
Now, Americans have the opportunity to make their voices heard again by heading to the polls this November. Too much is at stake to sit on the sidelines.
現在,就是一個大好機會可以讓美國人民的聲音再一次被聽到,你們只須要11月份去投票,再坐視不理的話,後果不堪設想。
更多關於 at stake 的用法 ←請點擊這裡
-Senator Catherine Cortez Masto
-美國 參議員 凱薩琳·科爾特斯·馬斯託
In the letter, she writes: 「I won’t be on the sidelines for long because I believe so deeply in my responsibility to keep doing my part to build a better, stronger, and fairer future for our country and our world.」
她在信中寫道:「我很快就不再會保持沉默了,因為我深信我的責任和使命就是繼續為國家,為整個世界去構建一個更美好、更強大和更公平的未來。」
-President of Wellesley College Paula A. Johnson
-美國 威爾斯利學院校長 保拉.詹森Your journey forward will not always be easy. There are always going to be people who want to pour a bucket of cold water on your ideas; people who like to sit on the sidelines, criticise, sometimes with good cause, sometimes for the sake of criticizing, and of course, you may make some mistakes. But the important thing is to get out there, to keep picking yourself up, to keep trying again and again, and as our greatest leader may or may not have said once, never, never, never give in.
你們的旅程不會總是一帆風順,總有人給你的想法潑冷水,有人冷眼旁觀,批評,有些批評是出於好意,有些則是單純的為了批評而批評,當然,可能的確是你犯了錯誤。但是重要的是不要受這些影響,繼續振作起來,不斷嘗試,正如我們最偉大的領導好像有說過.又好像沒說過吧.(英式幽默 / 鮑裡斯·詹森式幽默):永遠不要屈服!
-Prime Minister Boris Johnson
-英國首相 鮑裡斯·詹森
更多關於 for the sake of (sb/sth) 的用法 ←請點擊這裡
更多關於 give in 的用法 ←請點擊這裡
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