介词beside有两个意思，包括:在……旁边，与……相比。
My painting looks childish beside yours.
同你的画相比，我的画显得很幼稚。
He sat beside her all night.
整个晚上他都坐在她的旁边。
He knelt down beside the unconscious girl.
她跪在那个失去知觉的女孩身旁。
The bread mixture was set beside the fire to rise.
和好的面包面团放在火旁，好让它发酵。
What you are saying may be true, but in this case it is completely beside the question.
你说的话也许是真的，但与本题根本不相干。
The mill beside the stream was built many years ago.
小溪旁的磨坊建立于很多年前。
We found him beside the river,我们 unconscious.
我们发现他在河边，失去了知觉。
有时候状语和补语会产生混淆，辨认方式是:如果省略之后没有含义变化就是状语，如果省略以后，意思不完整就是补语！
