the outside world
the outside world — 慣用語
1. everyday society and normal routines that a person has been separated from for a
外界
與自己隔絕已久的日常生活
everyday society and normal routines that a person has been separated from for a long time, so that they feel unfamiliar with how life works now
After 15 years in prison, Carlos struggled to get used to the outside world.
坐了 15 年牢之後，Carlos 很難適應外界的生活。
used after 'get used to', 'adjust to', 'cut off from'
After a long coma, Aiko found the outside world too noisy and fast.
經歷漫長的昏迷之後，Aiko 覺得外界太吵也太快了。
After decades in a remote monastery, the outside world felt foreign to Maya.
在偏遠修道院住了幾十年後，Maya 覺得外界很陌生。
The night-shift nurse rarely saw sunlight, slowly losing touch with the outside world.
這位大夜班的護士很少見到陽光，漸漸與外界失去了聯繫。
The stranded sailors reached shore with no idea how the outside world had changed.
那些受困的水手上岸時，完全不知道外界已經變了多少。
- society at large
more formal and general; lacks the emotional sense of strangeness after isolation
- the real world
overlaps in meaning but can also contrast with fantasy, theory, or a virtual setting
- seclusion
refers to the state of being isolated, not the contrasting society
- confinement
emphasises physical restriction rather than the outside life that contrasts with it
用法筆記
Commonly appears after verbs such as 'adjust to', 're-enter', 'return to', 'cut off from', and 'reconnect with'.