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N-COUNT
兼職;副業
A sideline is something that you do in addition to your main job in order to earn extra money.
例句
It was quite a lucrative sideline...
這份兼職很賺錢。
Mr. Means sold computer disks as a sideline.
米恩斯先生以賣計算機硬盤作為副業。
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N-PLURAL
(球場等的)邊線
The sidelines are the lines marking the long sides of the playing area, for example on a football field or tennis court.
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N-PLURAL
(某一情況的)外圍，局外
If you are on the sidelines in a situation, you do not influence events at all, either because you have chosen not to be involved, or because other people have not involved you.
例句
France no longer wants to be left on the sidelines when critical decisions are taken...
在作出關鍵決定時，法國不想再被撇在一邊了。
He has watched from the sidelines the great developments unrolling in Eastern Europe...
他一直在一旁關注東歐相繼取得的重大進展。
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VERB
把…排除在外;使靠邊;不重視
If someone or something is sidelined, they are made to seem unimportant and not included in what people are doing.
例句
He was under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined...
他承受著被迫辭職的壓力，很快就要被排擠出去了。
What they fear is that environment policy will be sidelined until it is too late.
他們所擔憂的是環境政策不能得到及時的重視。
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VERB
使(運動員)下場;使退出比賽
In sports, if a player is sidelined, he or she is prevented from playing for a period of time, for example because of an injury.
例句
Mercer will have his jaw wired up tomorrow and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.
默瑟明天要進行下頜骨固定手術，將離開賽場 6至8 個星期。