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- not appearing on a cinema, television, or VDU screen屏幕外的（指不在电影院银幕、电视机屏幕或计算机屏幕上出现的）：
he drawls to an off-screen interrogator.
他慢吞吞地和屏幕外的一个审讯者说话。
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- attrib. happening in reality rather than fictionally on-screen真实的; 荧幕外的：
they were off-screen lovers.
他们是现实生活中的情侣。
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- outside what can be seen on a television or cinema screen画面外地：
the girl is looking off-screen to the right.
那女孩正朝着银幕外的右边看。
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- in real life rather than fictionally in a film or on television在实际生活中（而不是在电影或电视剧中）：
happy endings rarely happen off-screen.
实际生活中皆大欢喜的结局很少发生。