adj. / past participle 被排除在主要活动之外的;因受伤、疾病或其他原因暂时不能参加的;也可指计划、问题等被暂时搁置。
/ˈsaɪdˌlaɪnd/
The player was sidelined after the injury.
这名球员受伤后暂时无法上场。
Although she had led the early research, she felt sidelined when the final decisions were made without her.
虽然她主导了早期研究,但最终决定没有征求她的意见,这让她觉得自己被排除在外。
来自动词 sideline 的过去分词形式。sideline 由 side(旁边)和 line(线)组成,原指运动场边线,后来引申为“让某人待在场边、不能参与”,再扩展为“把某人或某事排除在主要进程之外”。