表达 “leave someone in the cold” 的意思是 “把某人排除在一个团体或活动之外，冷落某人”。它可以与介词 “out” 连用，即 “leave someone out in the cold”。在被动结构中，它也可以和动词 “get” 或 “to be” 搭配，即 “get left (out) in the cold” 或 “be left (out) in the cold”，意思是 “被冷落，被晾在一边”。

• After what he said, Clarisse decided not to invite him to the party and left him in the cold.
  他说了那些话之后，克拉丽斯决定不邀请他参加聚会，把他晾一边。
• Alice got left out in the cold as she wasn't asked to work on the project.
  爱丽丝被冷落了，因为她没有被要求参与这个项目。
• I didn't mean to leave him out in the cold. I just forgot he liked watching football.
  我不是故意要冷落他。我只是忘了他也喜欢看足球。