side·line
noun/ˈsaɪdlaɪn/
/ˈsaɪdlaɪn/
Idioms - [countable] an activity that you do as well as your main job in order to earn extra money
兼职；副业；兼营业务 - His hobby of winemaking was fast becoming a profitable sideline.
他的酿酒爱好很快成为一项有利可图的副业。
Extra Examples- He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.
他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。 - She is developing a nice little sideline in babysitting for friends.
她帮朋友照看孩子，慢慢成了个不错的小副业。 - The restaurant started out as a sideline to his main business.
这个餐馆开办时只是他主要业务的补充。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- lucrative
- nice
- …
- have
- develop
- sideline for
- sideline in
- sideline to
- …
- His hobby of winemaking was fast becoming a profitable sideline.
- sidelines[plural] the lines along the two long sides of a sports field, tennis court, etc. that mark the outer edges; the area just outside these
（球场等的）边线，两侧场外区域 - The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players.
教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
- The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players.
Idioms
on/from the sidelines
- watching something but not actually involved in it
从旁观者的角度；置身局外 - I had to watch from the sidelines as they destroyed the business I had built.
我不得不在一旁看着他们毁掉我建立的生意。 - She has chosen to remain on the sidelines of public debate.
她选择留在公开辩论的边缘。
- I had to watch from the sidelines as they destroyed the business I had built.