<p>自絕 - alienate oneself</p>
<p>於 - from</p>
<p>之外 - outside, beyond</p>
<p>I think the author meant to say &quot;he is a lonely person who alienated himself from the crowd - 自絕於人群的孤獨男人, Here, &quot;之外&quot; does not make good sense. it makes sense only if the sentence is changed to - &quot;一個自絕於人群. 活在人群之外, 的孤獨男人. - &quot;a lonely person who alienated himself from the crowd and lived/stayed outside of the crowd&quot;</p>

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r13
<p>敘述: narrate, tell, recount<br />
自絕: 与……断绝联系：指刻意避免与某人或某事物有任何关系<br />
自绝：with …… sever relations: refers to deliberately avoiding any kind of relations with someone or something<br />
於（于）…之外: in … outside (Chinese likes to encapsulate phrases this way. 从海上涌来， 从椅子上，于书本上， 于减少世界上的)</p>
<p>這個故事敘述一個自絕於人群之外的孤獨男人。<br />
这个故事叙述一个自绝于人群之外孤独的男人。<br />
This story tells of a lonely man who cuts himself off from the crowd.</p>
<p>Provenance:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hardy, who lifted it from &quot;Far from the madding crowd's ignoble
strife,&quot; a line of Gray's &quot;Elegy&quot; (1749), which seems to echo and
smooth a line from Drummond of Hawthornden from 1614 (&quot;Farre from the
madding Worldling's hoarse discords&quot;).</p>
</blockquote>

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Pedroski
<p>這個故事敘述一個<strong>自絕於人群之外</strong>的孤獨男人。</p>
<p>自絕 = 自行斷絕 = Voluntarily cutting off all contact</p>
<p>於人群 = With crowds/other people</p>
<p>之外 = beyond?</p>
<p>So it means a lonely man cutting off all contact with others, but what does 之外 mean here? I don't really understand it and it seems superfluous to have it here because the sentence works perfectly fine without it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

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He is in the state of 自绝 (having voluntarily put himself) outside the 人群?
河南宝宝
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"...自絕於人群之外...." -- "Far from the Madding Crowd"  :)
Wayne Cheah
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I think his question is: why is the word `之外` used in this passage?
James
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@James  I thought you described yourself in your Profile as "I am a newbie just arrived on earth. I know nothing about everything"  :)
Wayne Cheah
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Meaning of 這個故事敘述一個自絕於人群之外的孤獨男人。
# Meaning of 這個故事敘述一個自絕於人群之外的孤獨男人。

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-08-14)

這個故事敘述一個**自絕於人群之外**的孤獨男人。

自絕 = 自行斷絕 = Voluntarily cutting off all contact

於人群 = With crowds/other people

之外 = beyond?

So it means a lonely man cutting off all contact with others, but what does 之外 mean here? I don't really understand it and it seems superfluous to have it here because the sentence works perfectly fine without it.

Thanks for the help.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: He is in the state of 自绝 (having voluntarily put himself) outside the 人群?  
> **username_2**: "...自絕於人群之外...." -- "Far from the Madding Crowd"  :)  
> **username_3**: I think his question is: why is the word `之外` used in this passage?  
> **username_2**: @username_3  I thought you described yourself in your Profile as "I am a newbie just arrived on earth. I know nothing about everything"  :)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2024-08-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

自絕 - alienate oneself

於 - from

之外 - outside, beyond

I think the author meant to say "he is a lonely person who alienated himself from the crowd - 自絕於人群的孤獨男人, Here, "之外" does not make good sense. it makes sense only if the sentence is changed to - "一個自絕於人群. 活在人群之外, 的孤獨男人. - "a lonely person who alienated himself from the crowd and lived/stayed outside of the crowd"


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### Answer by username_5 on 2024-08-15. Score: 0

敘述: narrate, tell, recount  
自絕: 与……断绝联系：指刻意避免与某人或某事物有任何关系  
自绝：with …… sever relations: refers to deliberately avoiding any kind of relations with someone or something  
於（于）…之外: in … outside (Chinese likes to encapsulate phrases this way. 从海上涌来， 从椅子上，于书本上， 于减少世界上的)

這個故事敘述一個自絕於人群之外的孤獨男人。  
这个故事叙述一个自绝于人群之外孤独的男人。  
This story tells of a lonely man who cuts himself off from the crowd.

Provenance:

> Hardy, who lifted it from "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble
> strife," a line of Gray's "Elegy" (1749), which seems to echo and
> smooth a line from Drummond of Hawthornden from 1614 ("Farre from the
> madding Worldling's hoarse discords").


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