sideline

1. N-COUNT A sideline is something that you do in addition to your main job in order to earn extra money. 兼职

It was quite a lucrative sideline. 那是一份很赚钱的兼职工作。

2. N-PLURAL The sidelines are the lines marking the long sides of the playing area, for example, on a football field or tennis court. (运动场地的) 边线

3. N-PLURAL 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. 置身事外

France no longer wants to be left on the sidelines when critical decisions are made. 法国再也不想在做出重大决定时被搁置一旁。

4. V-T If someone or something is sidelined, they are made to seem unimportant and not included in what people are doing. 把…排除在外; 使靠边[usu passive]

For months he had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway. 几个月以来他一直处在辞职的压力下，他无论如何都是要靠边站了。