並排來比較
把兩樣東西放到並排的位置，眼睛自然會互相對照；英文於是用同一個介系詞來表示「跟…比起來」。
compared with · preposition · A2
When you put one thing next to another to compare them, showing how big, good, or important one seems.
跟…相比
核心畫面
One way to hold it: two things standing side by side, touching distance apart. Put them there and three things can follow — you are simply next to it, or you see them together and start comparing, or you land beside the thing instead of on it, which means you have missed it.
可以想成兩樣東西並排站著，近到伸手就碰得到。一旦這樣擺好，可以生出三種用法：單純「在旁邊」；擺在一起就忍不住比較；還…更多收起
可以想成兩樣東西並排站著，近到伸手就碰得到。一旦這樣擺好，可以生出三種用法：單純「在旁邊」；擺在一起就忍不住比較；還有落在旁邊、沒落在正中央——也就是「不在該在的位置上」。beside 的幾個意思，就像都從這個並排的畫面長出來。From the picture
固定片語裡的「落在旁邊」
並排也可以理解成「沒有站在該站的位置上」：不在重點上、甚至不在自己身上。這兩個意思都只活在固定片語裡。
beside the point · preposition · A2
Not connected with the main thing you are talking about, so it does not really matter here.
離題／不相干
Also in this word
right next to · preposition · A2
Right next to someone or something, very close to their side.
在…旁邊
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
besideprep/bɪˈsaɪd/
- 1
Next to; at the side of.
- A small table beside the bed
- 2
Not relevant to.
- That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.
- 3
Besides; in addition to.
- I'll need another dictionary beside this one.
besideadv/bɪˈsaɪd/
- 1
literaryOtherwise; else; in addition; besides.
- To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.
- April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom" O how the honey tells the tale of its birthplace to the sense of sight and odour! and to how many minute and uneyeable insects beside!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。