aside

aside
adverb
  1. to one side; out of the way
    到一边;在旁边
    he pushed his plate aside.
    他把盘子推到一边。
    they stood aside to let a car pass.
    他们站到一边让车过去。
    she must put aside all her antagonistic feelings.
    她必须把她的对抗情绪搁到一边。
    ■in reserve; for future use
    以备…之用
    she set aside some money for rent.
    她留下一些钱以备交房租之用。
    ■used to indicate that one is dismissing something from consideration or that one is shifting from one topic or tone of discussion to another
    [用于表示不谈或不考虑某事,或改变话题或语气] 撇开,除去
    joking aside, I've certainly had my fill.
    玩笑归玩笑,我可是够受用的了。
noun
  1. a remark or passage in a play spoken by an actor that is intended to be heard by the audience but is supposed to be unheard by the other characters in the play
    旁白
    ■a remark not intended to be heard by everyone present
    不想被所有在场的人都听见的话
    'does that make him a murderer?’ whispered Alice in an aside to Fred.
    “那就说明他是凶手了吗?”艾丽斯对弗雷德轻声说道。
  2. a remark that is not directly related to the main topic of discussion
    题外话
    the recipe book has little asides about the importance of home and family.
    这本食谱很少有关于家庭生活和家人重要性的题外话。
常用词组
aside from
  1. apart from
    除了
set something aside
  1. remove land from agricultural production for fallow or other use
    为休耕(或其他目的)而不把土地用作农业生产
  2. annul a legal decision or process
    撤销判决(或法律程序)
take (或 draw) someone aside
  1. move someone away from a group of people in order to talk to them privately
    把…从人群中叫出来以私下谈话
语源
  1. Middle English (originally on side): see a, side
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