1container 容器IN/INSIDE in or into a container or other closed space so as to be completely covered or surrounded 在〔容器或其他封閉的空間〕裏面;往裏面OPP outside
The jewels were locked away inside the safe.
珠寶鎖入了保險箱。
I sent the money inside an envelope addressed to Ann.
我把錢裝在寫有安的名字和地址的信封内寄出。
Carl picked up the book and stuffed it inside his jacket.
卡爾把書撿起來塞進自己的夾克裏。
Her car was locked and the keys were inside.
她的車鎖上了,鑰匙在車裏。
2building/room 建築物/房間IN/INSIDE in or into a building or room 在〔建築物、房間〕内;往裏面OPP outside
It’s raining. We’ll have to go inside.
外面在下雨,我們不得不進屋去。
She could hear voices inside, but no one came to the door.
她能聽到裏面有說話聲,但沒人應門。
Mail was piled up just inside the doorway.
在入口處堆滿了信件。
The sound was coming from inside the house.
聲音是從房子裏面傳出來的。
inside ofAmerican EnglishAmE
There were 20 people packed inside of her dorm room.
她的寝室裏擠了20個人。
3country/area 國家/地區THERE in a country or area – used when you want to emphasize that something is happening there and not in other places 在〔國家、地區〕内部〔用於強調某事只在那裏發生〕OPP outside
Very little is known of events inside this mysterious country.
人們對這個神秘國家内部發生的事情知之甚少。
The guerrillas were said to be operating from bases inside the war zone.
據說遊擊隊員是從戰區内的基地出來活動的。
4organization 組織BBCSSO if someone is inside a group or organization, they are part of it 在〔團體或組織〕内部OPP outside
women’s influence inside the party
婦女在黨内的影響力
The information comes from sources inside the company.
消息來自公司内部。
Discussions should involve local people both inside and outside the school.
參加討論的人應該包括校内校外的當地民衆。
5head/mind 頭腦/心靈PRIVATE/PERSONAL if something happens inside you, or inside your head or mind, it is part of what you think and feel, especially when you do not express it 在…腦海中,在…心裏
You just don’t understand how I feel inside!
你真不理解我内心的感受!
Steve’s a strange guy – you never know what’s going on inside his head.
史蒂夫是個奇怪的人——你永遠都不知道他腦子裏在想些什麽。
Anger bubbled up deep inside her.
她滿腔怒火。
inside ofAmerican EnglishAmE
Something inside of me told me not to trust him.
我的内心深處告訴我不要相信他。
6body 身體IN/INSIDE in your body 在…體内
She could feel the baby kicking inside her.
她感到胎兒在腹内踢蹬。
You’ll feel better once you’ve got a good meal inside you (=after you have eaten something).
只要好好吃一頓,你就會感覺好一些。
7time 時間
a)PERIOD OF TIMEin less than a particular amount of time 〔時間〕在…内
A full report is expected inside three months.
完整的報告要在三個月内完成。
inside the hour/month etc (=before an hour, month etc has passed) 一個小時/一個月等之内
We’ll be back inside the hour.
我們一小時内回來。
inside of especially American EnglishAmE
Our aim is to get the whole job finished inside of a week.
我們的目標是一周内完成全部工作。
b)less than a particular amount of time 〔時間〕少於OPP outside
Jonson’s time of 9.3 seconds was just inside the world record.
inside• When we got to the window, we saw that there were already people inside.• I'm getting cold. Let's go inside.• I desperately needed some way to vent all the anger and frustration I felt inside.• I wish I knew what he was feeling inside.• The box has some lettersinside.• Freeinside! A monthlyhoroscopeguide!• Kate tried to make jokes but inside she was furious.• Inside there are lots of handyhints to help you take better pictures.• These kids seem so aggressive, but inside they're terrified.• Gabby cringed a little inside when Peter showed up drunk.
inside of• There were more than 20 people packedinside of her dorm room.
inside the hour/month etc• I want you off my landinside the hour.
inside of• With that dulled little blade in his right hand, he began drawing it slowly across the inside of his left wrist.• The use of small glueblocks along the inside of the joint is also a good idea.• Not long after, Lexandro also tumbled - not down the inside of the heatsink, but certainly parallel to it.• Roland, her dampmittens dangling from the insides of her stainedcoatsleeves.• He heard a thunk as some one hit the crushbar on the inside of the stage door.• All we saw was the inside of the hotel and the inside of a cricket ground.• The inside of the church I now know well.• The inside of the theater boasted more substantialfare.
2inside outwith the usual outside parts on the inside 裏面朝外地
You’ve got that jumper inside out.
你把套頭毛衣裏外穿反了。
Her umbrella blew inside out.
她的傘被吹翻了。
I always turn my jeans inside out to wash them.
我總是把牛仔褲翻過來洗。
Examples from the Corpus
turn ... inside out• Turn the bag inside out, shake off the surplusmoisture and replace the bag inside-out on the canes.• His father's face was as red as if it had been turned inside out.• Fiendturned inside out is still a fiend.• Hayward Wiggins launched a kids' summer enrichment program nine years ago, he turned the rules inside out.• In effect, it turns the nozzle inside out.• Objectivism thus turns existentialism inside out.• The shipleaped and juddered as if trying to turn to inside out.• By the time I reached Hampstead, the mirrors of every car in NorthLondon were turned inside out.
3turn a room/building etc inside outto search a place very thoroughly by moving everything that is in it 對房間/建築物等進行徹底搜查
The drug squad turned the apartment inside out.
緝毒隊把公寓翻了個底朝天。
4know something inside outBritish EnglishBrE, know something inside and outAmerican EnglishAmEKNOW something to know something in greatdetail 對某事物知道得一清二楚
She knows her subject inside out.
她對她的課題了如指掌。
Examples from the Corpus
know something inside out• As he was a thoroughly professionaljournalist, he already knew the media inside out.• Of course, if everyone knew their partners inside out, there's a good chance no-one would ever plight their troth.• He stutters, but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out.• I know this one Inside out!• They know their stuff inside out, but most importantly they also look like they are having a whale of a time.• Start off by adding every emailaddress you know, and click on all the options until you know it inside out.
6.on the insideBritish EnglishBrE if a car passes another car on the inside, it passes on the side that is away from the driver 〔汽車超車時〕從内側,從裏道,從内圈
Examples from the Corpus
on the inside• Condensation: normal levels - a light film on the inside of the fly but no droplets.• Bells hung on the inside which occasionally Ruth, when in residence, would strike.• He grabbed his overcoat which hung on the inside of the door.• They played Twenty-one; the scores were kept on the inside of a Lyons Green Label tea packet.• Three narrow windows were locked on the inside, shades drawn.• He stupidly took off on the outside of a wave when some one else had already established priority on the inside.• Get rich quick schemes on the inside of matchbooks?• To those on the inside, the critique will probably seem unreasonable.
Police believe the robbers may have had inside information.
警方認爲劫匪可能得到了内部消息。
3.the inside laneBritish EnglishBrE the lane that is furthest away from the middle of the road 〔靠近路邊的〕内車道,慢車道OPP outside lane
Examples from the Corpus
the inside lane• But this time I was prepared, hiding in the inside lane.• Myeloski was trapped in the inside lane.• When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra, its front badly damaged, directly behind in the inside lane.• I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested.• A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travellingfast in the inside lane, its headlightsdipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.• The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed.• Hugejams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.• Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway.