leave sb out in the cold informalto not include someone in an activity冷落某人,排斥某人:•He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold.他情愿每次只关照我们当中的一人,而不理会其他人。leave sb ˌout in the ˈcoldto not include sb in a group or an activity冷落;排斥 |