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单词 out-of-the-way
释义
out-of-the-way
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌaʊt.əv.ðəˈweɪ/us
/ˌaʊt̬.əv.ðəˈweɪ/
farfromplaceswhere manypeopleliveor usually go:
偏僻的
Hegrewup in an out-of-the-wayplaceinSouthDakota.他在南达科他州的一处偏僻地方长大。
Wefoundthisgreatlittle out-of-the-wayrestaurant.我们找到了一家位置偏僻的很棒的小餐馆。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
  • away
  • far
  • farthest
  • further
  • furthermost
  • light years awayidiom
  • lonely
  • middle
  • remoteness
  • ultra
  • ultra-distant
  • virtually
  • wide
  • you're getting colderidiom
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(Definition ofout-of-the-wayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

out of the way| American Dictionary

out of the way

idiom
completed:
I canrelaxwhen thistermpaperis out of the way.
out of the way
Aplacethat is out of the way isfaraway fromareasthat arecentral:
Thepostofficeis abitout of the way.
out-of-the-way
adjective
us
/ˈɑʊt·əv·ðəˈweɪ/
away from wherepeopleusually go:
We haddinnerat a little, out-of-the-wayplace.
(Definition ofout of the wayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofout-of-the-way

out-of-the-way
Beyond the scheme's siting in anout-of-the-waylane, there is no further modulation of the transition from public to private.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is clearly written, tightly structured, generously illustrated and has a good bibliography which, like the text, includes someout-of-the-wayitems as well as standard studies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In 1970 my father died, after failed surgical intervention, alone in a small room in one of the back andout-of-the-waywings of the upper floors of the community hospital.
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It was not possible to organise a system of collecting reports of fly-belts from officials because of the small number of officials in theseout-of-the-wayregions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The constant impression of hovering in someout-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').
From theCambridge English Corpus
As canals areout-of-the-wayplaces, my guess is that it would be hugely inefficient to spend too much time and effort applying energy conservation measures.
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Some of these hospitals and sanatoria are in veryout-of-the-way, inaccessible places.
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That hospital is very different from some of theout-of-the-wayhospitals one finds in country places.
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Therefore, the case of theseout-of-the-wayplaces is properly met.
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It is easy inout-of-the-wayfarms and other places to evade the law.
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Since the war began great factories have been built inout-of-the-waydistricts, without time to meet the needs and amenities of the working population.
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We must look into the whole question of how to protect theseout-of-the-waymonuments.
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You cannot build a station in anout-of-the-wayplace where people cannot approach it.
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He said that the trial was held in anout-of-the-wayvillage, which is true, and that the public were not entitled to be present.
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Very many of them are inout-of-the-wayplaces.
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