sidelight
n
1 either of a pair of small lights at the front of a vehicle (車輛前面的)側燈. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page xii.
2 ~ (on sb/sth) (fig 比喻) minor or casual piece of information that helps one to understand a subject, etc (有助於了解某問題等的)小的或偶然的啟示
The article about the theatre gave us a few sidelights on the character of its owner. 關於該劇院的這篇文章對我們了解其業主的個性帶來了意外的啟示.
??? 情景例句
We're not?
不在這里?
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
使人人倒霉的風才是惡風;此失則彼得;害于此則利于彼;沒有使所有的人都受害的壞事。
It can copy a long report and sort the copies and pin them together.