beside

prep.

1. 在旁边（或附近）
   next to or at the side of sb/sth
   1. He sat beside her all night.
      整个晚上他都坐在她的身边。
   2. a mill beside a stream
      小溪旁的磨房
2. 与…相比
   compared with sb/sth
   1. My painting looks childish beside yours.
      同你的相比，我的画显得很幼稚。

1. See also: On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books... I moved from behind my desk to sit beside her. besides
2. 他焦急万分地对着电话那头的她大喊大叫。 → see: He had shouted down the phone at her, beside himself with anxiety...

Do not confuse beside with besides.
不要混淆 beside 和 besides。

1. The room was empty apart from one man seated beside the fire
   除了有个男人坐在火炉边，房间里空荡荡的。
2. An assistant sat typing away at a table beside him
   助手坐在他身旁的一张桌子上埋头打字。
3. They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
   他们在一排废弃火炮旁停了下来。
4. On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books
   桌上空盘子的旁边是一堆书。
5. I moved from behind my desk to sit beside her.
   我从桌子后面走到她身边坐了下来。
6. He had shouted down the phone at her, beside himself with anxiety
   他焦急万分地对着电话那头的她大喊大叫。
7. Cathy was beside herself with excitement.
   凯茜兴奋异常。
8. He knelt beside her and caught her hand in both of his
   他跪在她的旁边，双手握住她的一只手。
9. Beside the entrance to the church, turn right
   在教堂入口旁向右转。
10. He flicked a light-switch on the wall beside the door
    他啪的一声打开了门边墙上的电灯开关。
11. His right arm was extended up beside his head, still holding on to a coffee cup
    他的右臂伸在头的一侧，手里仍紧握着一个咖啡杯。
12. I stood irresolute beside my car.
    我犹豫不决地站在我的车旁。
13. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you
    你得把车子和旁边的车停齐。
14. A moment or two later champagne in an ice-bucket materialized beside them.
    片刻之后，他们身边出现了一只装着香槟的冰桶。
15. The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line.
    铁路旁发现了7具面目全非的男子尸体。
16. He is sitting beside her on the sofa
    他挨着她坐在沙发上。
17. I went and stood beside him, looking over his shoulder.
    我走过去站在他身边，从他的肩头望过去。
18. I found a place to park beside a station wagon.
    我在一辆旅行车旁边找到了一个车位。
19. Mrs Malone took up the poker and stirred at the little fire burning beside her.
    马隆夫人拿起拨火棒，拨弄了一下身旁燃烧着的小火。
20. She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
    她在鸭塘边找了条长椅坐下。
21. Eva pulled over a chair and sat beside her husband
    伊娃拽过一把椅子，坐到丈夫的身边。
22. We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down
    我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。
23. She was standing beside my bed staring down at me
    她站在我的床边低头盯着我。
24. She slipped her hand into his and fell into step beside him.
    她轻轻地把手放进他的手心，和他并排而行。
25. The horse reared, throwing its rider and knocking down a youth standing beside it.
    那匹马尥了个蹶子，把骑手掀下马，还撞倒了旁边站着的一个小伙子。
26. He was sitting on an upright chair beside his bed, reading.
    他正坐在床前一张直背椅上看书。
27. She watched beside her sick mother's bed for several nights.
    她在她母亲的病榻旁守了好几夜。
28. Seated beside him, I bore the ordeal for two hours.
    我坐在他旁边，苦苦熬了两个钟头。
29. Other jade carvings pale beside this.
    其他玉雕跟这件相比大为逊色。
30. She sat beside her husband through the livelong night.
    她坐在她丈夫的身边度过一个漫漫长夜。

prep.

be beside the point

• 无关紧要；离题；不相关
  to not be important or closely related to the main thing you are talking about
  1. Yes, I know it was an accident, but that's beside the point.
     是的，我知道那是个事故，可是这无关紧要。

beside yourself (with sth)

• （因情绪）失去自制力，失常
  unable to control yourself because of the strength of emotion you are feeling
  1. He was beside himself with rage when I told him what I had done.
     我告诉他我做了什么事，他就勃然大怒。