词汇 | out-of-the-way |
释义 | out-of-the-way adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌaʊt.əv.ðəˈweɪ/ us /ˌaʊt̬.əv.ðəˈweɪ/ far from places where many people live or usually go: 偏僻的 He grew up in an out-of-the-way place in South Dakota.他在南达科他州的一处偏僻地方长大。 We found this great little out-of-the-way restaurant.我们找到了一家位置偏僻的很棒的小餐馆。 Distant in space and time (in) the middle of nowhereidiom afar afield all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom anywhere as far as the eye can/could seeidiom distance eye farthest from afar further furthermost light years awayidiom middle remote remotely remoteness ultra ultra-distant wide out of the way | American Dictionaryout of the wayidiom completed: I can relax when this term paper is out of the way. out of the way A place that is out of the way is far away from areas that are central: The post office is a bit out of the way. out-of-the-way adjective us/ˈɑʊt·əv·ðəˈweɪ/ away from where people usually go: We had dinner at a little, out-of-the-way place. Examples of out-of-the-wayout-of-the-way Beyond the scheme's siting in an out-of-the-way lane, there is no further modulation of the transition from public to private. It is clearly written, tightly structured, generously illustrated and has a good bibliography which, like the text, includes some out-of-the-way items as well as standard studies. In 1970 my father died, after failed surgical intervention, alone in a small room in one of the back and out-of-the-way wings of the upper floors of the community hospital. It was not possible to organise a system of collecting reports of fly-belts from officials because of the small number of officials in these out-of-the-way regions. The constant impression of hovering in some out-of-the-way, neither-here-nor-there zone chimes with the spaciness of the poem, which creates its own temporal eddies ('we always do, yes sometimes we do'). As canals are out-of-the-way places, my guess is that it would be hugely inefficient to spend too much time and effort applying energy conservation measures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of these hospitals and sanatoria are in very out-of-the-way, inaccessible places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That hospital is very different from some of the out-of-the-way hospitals one finds in country places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the case of these out-of-the-way places is properly met. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is easy in out-of-the-way farms and other places to evade the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since the war began great factories have been built in out-of-the-way districts, without time to meet the needs and amenities of the working population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must look into the whole question of how to protect these out-of-the-way monuments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot build a station in an out-of-the-way place where people cannot approach it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the trial was held in an out-of-the-way village, which is true, and that the public were not entitled to be present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very many of them are in out-of-the-way places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of out-of-the-way These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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