side/saɪd/

n C

1. 边；面；侧面

• A cube has six sides. 立方体有6个面。

2. 旁边；身边

• sit at (或by) sb.'s side 坐在某人身边

• They live on the opposite side of the street. 他们住在街对面。

3. (山等的)斜坡；(河等的)岸，堤

• We often go for a walk along the side of the river. 我们经常沿着河边散步。

• There is a shop by the side of the railway. 铁路边有一个小商店。

4. 地区，部分；方面，侧

• the right side of the road 马路的右侧

• the east side of the shopping mall 购物中心的东区

5. （纸、布等的）一面

• Which is the right side of the cloth? 哪边是布的正面？

• Write on one side of the paper only. 只在纸的一面书写。

• side A of a tape 磁带的A面

6. 方面

• Everything has two sides. 任何事情都有两面性。

• the evil side of human nature 人性中罪恶的一面

• the gentle side of her character 她性格温柔的一面

7. (战争或比赛中的)派别，方；队

• Our side won the game. 我们队在比赛中获胜。

• The President made the public opinion on his side. 总统使公众舆论都站在他的一方。

8. 一派(或一方)的态度(或立场等)

• What is your side of the argument? 你对这个论点的态度如何？

• Give me your side of this issue. 告诉我你对这个问题的看法。

9. （身体的）侧边；肋

• The patient had a pain in his right side. 病人右肋疼痛。

• He was lying on his side. 他正侧身躺着。

10. 家系，血统

• the great grandfather on one's father's side 曾祖父

11. 英口 (电视的)频道

• Which side is the film on? 这部电影在哪个频道播映？

12. (文章或书籍的)一页

词组from all sides(或from every side) 从各个方面；从四面八方

• We studied the suggestion from all sides and then decided to adopt it. 我们全面地研究了这个建议才决定采纳。

look on the bright side 口 看光明的一面，看事物有利的一面；抱乐观态度 on all sides(或every side) 到处；在各方面

• He learned a lot on all sides. 他从各个方面学到很多东西。

on the right (wrong) side of 不足(超过)…岁

• on the right (wrong) side of 40 不足(超过)40岁

on the ... side 相当，颇；太，过于

• be on the high(low) side 偏高(低)

• The shoes are on the small side for you. 这双鞋对你来说太小了。

put sth. on (或to) one side 把…暂搁一边

• put a decision on one side 暂缓决定

side by side 肩并肩；一起

• work side by side with sb. 与某人一起工作

take sb. on (或to) one side 把某人拉到一边(以便私下交谈) the other side of the coin ( 事情等的)反面；相反的意见