Going away from the place you are thinking of, rather than coming toward it. It is the word on signs, timetables and screens: outbound trains, the outbound lane of a highway, an outbound flight, outbound traffic leaving the city on a Friday night.

Going away from the place you are thinking of離開你心裡想的那個地方，rather than coming toward it而不是往那裡去。It is the word on signs, timetables and screens這是標示、時刻表和螢幕上會用的詞：outbound trainsoutbound trains（出發列車）、the outbound lane of a highway公路的outbound lane（出城車道）、an outbound flightan outbound flight（去程班機）、outbound traffic leaving the city on a Friday night星期五晚上離開城市的outbound traffic（外出車流）。

Its opposite is 'inbound'. Note that the centre point is wherever the speaker or the system sits — so 'outbound from Taipei' means leaving Taipei, even if the passenger feels they are going home.

Its opposite is 'inbound'它的反義詞是inbound。Note that the centre point要注意這個中心點 is wherever the speaker or the system sits取決於說話的人或系統站在哪裡 — so 'outbound from Taipei'所以「outbound from Taipei」 means leaving Taipei意思是離開台北，even if the passenger feels they are going home就算乘客感覺自己是在回家。

In travel booking, 'the outbound' can stand alone as a noun for the first half of a return trip: 'the outbound is on Monday, the return on Friday.' Business and technology borrow it heavily: an outbound call is one your company makes to a customer (as against an inbound call, which the customer makes to you), outbound sales means going out to find buyers, and in computing, outbound data or an outbound connection is traffic leaving your machine or network.

In travel booking在旅遊訂票裡，'the outbound' can stand alone as a noun「the outbound」可以單獨當名詞用 for the first half of a return trip指來回行程的前半段：'the outbound is on Monday, the return on Friday.'「the outbound是星期一，回程是星期五」。Business and technology borrow it heavily商業和科技領域大量借用這個詞：an outbound call is one your company makes to a customer公司主動打給客戶的電話叫outbound call (as against an inbound call, which the customer makes to you)（相對於客戶主動打進來的inbound call），outbound sales means going out to find buyersoutbound sales是指主動出去找買家，and in computing而在電腦領域，outbound data or an outbound connection is traffic leaving your machine or networkoutbound data或outbound connection是指從你的機器或網路離開的流量。

It is a flat, technical, official-sounding word — nobody says 'I'm outbound' about walking to the shop.

It is a flat, technical, official-sounding word這是個平板、技術性、聽起來很官方的詞 — nobody says 'I'm outbound' about walking to the shop沒有人會用「I'm outbound」來說自己要走去商店。