| 单词 | bystander |
| 释义 | bystander (baɪstændəʳ ) Word forms: bystanders countable noun A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it. It looks like an innocent bystander was killed instead of you. Synonyms: onlooker, passer-by, spectator, witness Collocations: innocent bystander Residents say that many of the victims were innocent bystanders. Times, Sunday Times (2010) His lawyers said that police had acknowledged he was an innocent bystander. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If your son forwards any such pictures, he isn't an innocent bystander. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Music was a mere bystander. The Sun He did not rule in splendid isolation, nor was he a mere bystander whose advice politicians heeded only as it suited their interests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rest of the pack have been mere bystanders to their series-long standoff. The Sun Palace were mere bystanders, the game — somewhat embarrassingly — was staged entirely in the visitors' half. Times, Sunday Times In this case, the outcome was that no passive bystander (i.e. individual not being charged double) objected to the policy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do we really have to be passive bystanders to these atrocities? The Sun Not that they have been passive bystanders in the relationship over the years. Times, Sunday Times They were considered to be the passive bystanders of neural transmission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 旁观者 Japanese: 傍観者 |
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