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释义 | Out of 1 (指动作)往……之外: She took ten dollars out of her purse and handed it to the pedlar. 她从她的钱包中取出10元钱递给那商贩。 They tapped some cider out of the cask for their guests. 他们从酒桶里给他们客人们取出一些苹果酒。 We smoked mosquitoes out of the room to have a good sleep. 我们用烟把蚊子从屋中薰出去以便睡个好觉。 That brave assassin suddenly dragged a dagger out of the atlas and stabbed at the king. 那勇敢的刺客突然从地图册中抽出一把匕首刺向国王。 (指位置、地点)在……之外: Old people all took exercise out of doors to improve their health. 为增进他们的健康,老年人们都在户外运动。 He stood out of heaving when we called him. 我们招呼他时,他站得太远,听不见我们的招呼声。 There are many peach trees out of my window,so I can admire peach blossoms in my room every spring. 我的窗外有许多桃树,所以每年春季我在屋内就可以欣赏桃花。 Wild beasts cannot live out of wild mountains just as human beings cannot live out of society. 野兽离开深山就不能生活就像人离开社会就不能生活一样。 从……之中: Tom took a novel out of the books on the shelf and began to read it. 汤姆从书架的书中拿了一本小说开始阅读。 You may choose any one out of these pens as our gift to you. 你可以从这些钢笔中挑选任何一支作为我们送给你的礼物。 Nine or eight out of ten,that mischief was done by the naughty boy. 十有八九,这个恶作剧是那淘气男孩做的。 来源于;起源于: I am sure the idea came out of the clever child’s own mind. 我敢肯定这主意是那伶俐男孩自己想出来的。 Tom and Dick always eat out of the same pot and drink out of the same bottle. 汤姆和狄克总是同吃一锅饭,同饮一瓶酒。 You could have taken him as a character out of Dickens! 你可能会把他当做狄更斯小说中的人物。 从;用(某种原材料): A dexterous carpenter often made desks and chairs out of fragmentary wood. 一位巧木匠时常用零星木料制造桌椅。 Mother made a coat for her little child out of old cloth. 母亲用旧布料给她的小孩做了一个上衣。 Steel is forged out of iron and iron out of iron ore. 钢是由铁炼出来的,铁是由铁矿石炼出来的。 Indigo blue is extracted out of the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant it comes from. 青出于蓝而胜于蓝。 (指原因、动机)因为;由于: We acted out of necessity,not with willingness. 我们不是愿意做它,而是被迫为之。 That old man helped the poor and wretched out of kind-heartedness. 那位老人出于善心而帮助贫苦不幸的人。 They have warned the clerk,for he often commits mistakes out of carelessness. 他们已经警告那个职员,因为他时常因粗心大意而犯错误。 Out of curiosity,the child opened the magic box to see what was in. 出于好奇心,那小孩打开魔术箱,看看里面有什么。 表示情况、状态: That cutting machine has been out of date,engineers are trying to develop a new one. 那个切割机已经过时,工程师们正设法研制一种新的机器。 Mother was out of temper,for her child was too fond of play. 妈妈发怒了,因为她的小孩太贪玩。 Football fans have got quite out of hand,they should be driven out. 足球迷们已经变得难以控制了,它们应当被驱逐出去。 She bought a new fur coat because the old one had gone out of fashion. 她买了一件新裘皮外衣,因为那件旧的已经不时兴了。 表示结果: Mother has talked her boy out of a bad habit. 妈妈已经说服她的男孩改掉一个坏习惯。 When Anna saw a large dog,she was frightened out of her wits and hastily cried for help. 当安娜看到一只大狗时,她吓得不知所措高声呼救。 It took us much time to reason the stubborn person out of his original idea. 说服那倔犟的人放弃他原有的想法费了我们很多时间。 没有;缺少: We are out of paper,please buy some for us when you go shopping. 我们没有纸了,你出去购物时,请给我们买一些来。 After school,the boy ran home out of breath to show his mother the prize he had got at school for good conduct. 下学以后,那个男孩气喘吁吁地跑回家,以便给妈妈看看他在学校由于操行好而获得的奖品。 Out of doubt,what he has said is correct. 毫无疑问,他所说的是正确的。 The novel is a best-seller,it has been out of stock when we want to buy it. 那小说是畅销书,当我们想买它时,它已经销售完了。 Edward is an ill-tempered young man,he is out of temper when he hears a single word against his will. 爱德华是个坏脾气的青年,只要听到一句不合意的话就发火。 a fish out of water 离水之鱼;不得其所的人: A man with nofriends is just like a fish out of water,he finds himself in an isolated position in society and no one shows any concern for him. 一个没有朋友的人恰如离水之鱼,他在社会上处境孤立,没有任何人关心他。 appear out of the blue 意想不到的事;意外地出现: Such an important technical innovation is actually made by a common young technician,it really appears out of the blue. 这样一个重要的技术创新竟然是由一个普通的年轻技术人员做出,这真是意想不到的事。 argue sb out of (doing sth) 劝服某人不(做某事);劝服某人打消(某念头): Robert underestimates the importance of physical training and never goes in for it,only through persistent persuasion can we succeed in arguing him out of this. 罗伯特轻视体育锻炼的重要性,总不锻炼身体,我们经过长期的劝说才说服了他改变这种做法。 a word out of season 不合时宜的劝告: Grandfather urges his grandchildren again and again to pursue forbearance,but his grandchildren all take this to be a word out of season,we don’t agree with them in so thinking. 老爷爷再三叮嘱他的孙辈儿女们遇事要容忍,他的孙辈儿女们都认为这是个不合时宜的劝告,但是我们不同意他们的这种想法。 beat sth out of sb’s head 劝之悔悟;令人深信……之非: The parents try hard to beat dependence out of their son’s head and ask him to originate an undertaking by himself. 父母努力使他们的儿子认识到依赖别人的不对,要求他要独自创出一番事业。 beat sb out of his track 使某人改变作风;使某人改变意图: It is undesirable to stick to conventions in doing things,if someone has such a thinking,we should beat him out of his track. 做事墨守成规是不可取的,如果有人具有这种想法,我们应当使他改变作风。 be/get out of step with (行走等)与……步调不一致;(观念、工作等)与……脱节: To follow the beaten path in one’s work is out of step with the tendency of the day,one should reform and bring forth new ideas and change with each passing day in his work. 在工作上因循守旧是与时代潮流相脱节的,一个人在他的工作上应当改革创新,日新月异。 beguile sth out of 从(某人)诱骗某物: It is a mean and shameful act to beguile something out of others,one who does like this should be severely punished. 从别人手中诱骗某物是卑鄙可耻的行为,做这种事的人应受严惩。 be out of all relation to 与……极不相称: The effort and expenses needed for this project are out of all relation to its result. 此方案所需付出之努力和费用与其成果极不相称。 be out of distance of 距……太远;难以够着: Passengers and those seeing them off parted with deep emotion,each asking the other to take good care of himself,in a minute,the ship was already out of hailing distance from between them. 旅客们和送行者依依告别,互道珍重,一会儿功夫,轮船就驶离太远,听不见相互的叮嘱声了。 be out of favour with 失去(某人)的关切或尊重: The factory director pays much respect to his engineers for their contribution to the factory and the engineers work even harder so as not to be out of favour with him. 厂长由于工程师们对工厂做的贡献而非常尊重他们,工程师们更加努力工作,以免失去厂长对他们的尊重。 be out of one’s bearings 迷失方向;不知所措: After visiting some scenic spots and historical sites,the tourists were out of their bearings and could not get back to their hotel. 在参观了一些名胜古迹以后,旅游者们迷失了方向,回不到他们所住的旅馆了。 be out of patience with 不能忍受;忍受不住: We should be modest and prudent and never be proud and self-conceited or else our friends would be out of patience with us and breakwith us. 我们应当谦虚谨慎,不要骄傲自满;否则的话,我们的朋友们将不能忍受而跟我们断绝往来。 be well out of 安然脱免(某事);未受损失而摆脱(某事): Owing to rescuing in time,inhabitants near the volcanic area are well out of menace from the eruption. 由于营救及时,靠近火山地区周围的居民们都未受到火山爆发的威胁。 blot sth out of one’s memory 忘却;从记忆中抹掉: Mother often tells me laughingly the awkward things which I did in my childhood,but all these things have utterly been blotted out of my own memory. 妈妈时常笑着告诉我我在童年时所做的蠢事,但是这些事我自己却全不记得了。 bluff sb out of (doing sth) 恫吓某人(不做某事): A large boy bluffed some little boys out of disobeying him,but these little boys defied him. 一个大孩子恫吓一些小孩子们不要违背他,但是这些小孩子们丝毫不畏惧他。 bow oneself out of 退出(某事物);脱离(某事物): We bowed ourselves out of that business because we thought our company could not make any profit from it. 我们退出那个业务,因为我们认为我们公司不能从那件业务中赢得利润。 cast sb out of the saddle 免某人的职: Our former manager was not good at management and administration,so the board of directors cast him out of the saddle. 我们的前任经理不善于经营管理,所以董事会把他免了职。 cheat sb out of 骗取某人之(某物): It is against the law to cheat others out of their belongings. 骗取某人财物是违法的行为。 come out of hiding 从躲藏处出来: A child plays hide-and-seek with his companions and hides himself behind a tree,when his companions cannot find him out,he comes out of hiding. 一个小孩跟他同伴们玩捉迷藏,他藏在一棵树的后面,当他的同伴们找不到他时,他就从他的躲藏处走出来。 come out of one’s shell 去掉冷淡或矜持的态度;开始愿与别人交谈: At first our new colleague does not talk to anyone,only when we have got familiar with him,he begins to come out of his shell. 在开始时,我们的这个新同事不跟任何人谈话,只是当我们跟他已经混熟了以后,他才开始去掉他的冷淡矜持态度。 Come out of that! 〈俚语〉走开! 放手! When the little child pestered his father,his father got worried and said,“Come out of that,just go out and play with your little friends. ”当那小孩纠缠他的父亲时,他的父亲烦了,对他说道: “走开,去跟你的小朋友们玩耍去。 come out of the blue 爆出冷门;意外地出现: Their football team is by far inferior to other teams in ball game skills,but this time they beat all other teams and win championship in the match,this really comes out of the blue. 他们足球队在球艺上远远比不上别的队,但在这次比赛中他们竟然把所有的队都打败,赢得冠军,这真是爆出冷门。 compliment sb out of 恭维某人而取得: Freda is a girl of vanity,she likes others’ flattery,so her friends often compliment her out of her favour. 弗丽达是一个有虚荣心的姑娘,她喜欢别人的奉承,所以她的朋友们时常恭维她以取得她的好感。 condemn oneself out of one’s own mouth 不打自招;自画供状: A little child told his little friends stealthily that it was he who had broken his neighbour’s window,thus he condemned himself out of his own mouth. 一个小孩偷偷地告诉他的小朋友们说,是他打破邻居的窗户,这样他就不打自招了。 depart out of this world 去世;逝世: After a long time of illness,the old man departed out of this world. 在长期患病以后,那位老人逝去了。 dig out of 1 自(某物)中掘出: While building the house,builders dug an urn of ancient coins out of the earth. 当建造这所房子时,建筑工人们从地里挖出一坛子古钱币。 掘地而逼出: A fox got into a hole and did not go out,the hunter dug it out of the hole. 一只狐狸钻入洞中不出来,猎人就掘地把它从洞中逼出。 do sb out of 1 骗某人之(某物): It is a shameful act to do others out of their belongings. 骗取别人的东西是一种可耻的行为。 夺取某人的(职位): It is contemptible to do a man out of his job. 夺取一个人的职位是可鄙的。 do well out of 从……中获得好处或利益: This young man did well out of his hard study,we were sure he would stand out among his fellows in the future. 这位青年从艰苦学习中获得丰富知识,我们肯定他将来必然出人头地。 drive sb out of his senses 使某人发疯: The poor fellow suffered so much misery in his old age that it drove him out of his senses. 那可怜的人在老年时遭遇这么多灾难,以至于他发疯了。 eat out of sb’s hand 对某人服服帖帖;对某人百依百顺: Although the man eats out of his manager’s hand,his manager does not like him but thinks him sham and philistine. 虽然那人对他的经理百依百顺,但是他的经理并不喜欢他而认为他虚伪庸俗。 eat sb out of house and home 把某人吃穷: Many relatives depend upon the generous man for their living,they are to eat him out of house and home. 许多亲戚依靠那位慷慨大方的人生活,他们将要把他吃穷。 fall/get out of the habit of 戒除……的习惯、嗜好;改掉……的习惯: A tuberculosis patient followed his doctor’ s advice and fell out of the habit of smoking and drinking,soon he restored his health. 一位肺病病人听从他的医生的劝告,戒除了吸烟喝酒的嗜好,不久他就恢复了健康。 fall/leap out of the pan into the fire 才脱小难又遇大难;运气越来越坏: Immediately after the travellers escaped from the chase of a wolf,they met with a large tiger,they might be said to be falling out of the pan into the fire. 旅游者们刚逃避开一只狼的追逐又遇到一只大老虎,他们可以说是才脱小难又遇大难。 fall out of love with 不再喜爱: That old man fell out of love with his curios,he turned his attention to ancient paintings. 那位老人不再喜爱他的古玩了,他把注意力转移到古画了。 feed out of sb’s hand 对某人服服帖帖;对某人百依百顺: A hunter breeds many hounds,although they are very ferocious,they feed out of his hand and do anything he orders them to do. 一位猎人饲养了许多猎犬,虽然这些猎犬非常凶猛,但它们对猎人百依百顺,命令做什么,它们就做什么。 fight one’s way out of 向外打开一条路: Explorers were besieged by a group of bears in the forest,only through hard struggling did they fight their way out of their besiegement. 探险家们在森林中被一群熊所包围,只是经过剧烈的战斗以后,他们才打开一条路,冲出包围。 fool sb out of 骗取某人之(某物): It is a contemptible act to fool others out of their belongings. 骗取别人财物是可鄙的行为。 frighten sb out of(doing sth) 使某人吓得不(做某事);恐吓某人不(做某事): Mother often frighten her naughty child out of mischievous tricks but in vain. 妈妈时常吓唬她的淘气孩子不要恶作剧,但是毫无效果。 frighten/scare sb out of his wits/senses 吓得某人魂不附体;吓得某人惊慌失措: Anna is a chickenhearted girl,once when she saw a large dog in the street,it frightened her out of her wits at once. 安娜是一个胆小如鼠的姑娘,有一次,当她在大街上看见一只大狗时,她吓得立刻惊慌失措。 from time out of mind 自古以来: From time out of mind,people have been taught to show filial duty to their parents. 自古以来,人们就被教育要孝顺父母。 fry the fat out of 使(实业家)出钱: Charitable institutions are good at frying the fat out of enterprisers because they appeal to their compassion and kindle their sense of honour. 慈善机构善于请企业家们出钱捐助,因为这些机构唤起他们的同情心和激发他们的荣誉感。 gamble out of house and home 赌得倾家荡产: If gamblers do not repent,they will gamble out of house and home,this is really a pitiful and also hateful thing. 赌徒们如不悔悟,将赌得倾家荡产,这真是可怜又可恨的事。 get a kick out of 从(某事)中得到兴奋或快感: Those adventurous young men often get a kick out of diving into deep water,jumping down from high buildings or driving cars at frenzied speed. 那些喜好冒险的年轻人们时常潜入深水,从高建筑物跳下或以疯狂速度开车,从中得到兴奋。 get/be out of control 失去控制: When a man’s reason or emotion is out of control,he will do something mad and dangerous. 当一个人的理智或情感失去控制时,他就会做出疯狂危险的事情来。 get no change out of 从……打听不到(消息等);从……得不到(好处、帮助等): Kevin got no change out of his new job,he still had to work as many hours and got as much pay as in his old job. 凯文从他的新工作中得不到什么好处,工作时间和报酬都跟原来的工作一样。 get out of 1 摆脱;避免: If a man does a disservice to others,he will feel ashamed in his innermost being and always try to get out of meeting them. 如果一个人做了对不起别人的事,他内心将感到惭愧,总是设法避免跟人家见面。 放弃;革除(恶习等): Patients of respiratory system diseases should take doctors’ advice and get out of smoking for ever. 呼吸道系统疾病的患者们应当听从医生的劝告永远戒除吸烟的恶习。 get sth out of 1 使说出: A mischievous child made a slight error but refused to tell it out for shyness,through persuasion his mother managed to get the error out of him. 一个淘气孩子犯了一个小错,但是因为害羞不肯说出,经过妈妈的劝说,他终于把犯的错说出来了。 由……得到;由……获得: This company has got much profit out of their import and export trade. 这家公司从他们的进出口业务中获得了许多利润。 get out of bed 起床: Mother sets strict demands on her child,she asks him to make the bed himself after he gets out of bed every morning. 母亲对她的孩子严格要求,她要求他每天早晨起床以后要自己整理床铺。 get out of bed on the right side 今天心情好: Our manager gets out of bed on the right side today,he even cracks jokes with us. 我们经理今天心情好,他甚至还跟我们开玩笑。 get out of bed on the wrong side今天心情不好: Be careful when you talk with him,he gets out of bed on the wrong side today. 跟他说话时要小心一点,他今天心情不好。 get out of debt 还清了债: George began to lead a thrifty life and soon he got out of debt. 乔治开始过俭朴的生活,不久就还清了债。 get out of hand 失去控制: Representatives were so excited that the meeting got out of hand. 代表们如此激动,以致会议失去了控制。 Get out of my sight! 走开! 滚开! Father cried to his naughty boy: “Get out of my sight!”父亲向他淘气的孩子喊道: “走开!” get out of sb’s road 给某人让路;不妨碍某人: When a driver drove his large truck along a narrow street,pedestrians all got out of his road. 当一位司机驾驶他的大卡车沿一条狭窄的大街行驶时,行人们都给他让路。 get out of the clutches of或get out of sb’s clutches 摆脱……的控制、掌握;逃脱……的毒手: Through several years’ painstaking management,that firm has paid off all its debts,it has got out of the clutches of creditors now. 经过几年的惨淡经营,那家商行已经还清了所有债务,它现在已经摆脱了债权人的控制了。 get sth out of the way 解决某事;除掉某事物: It takes the mediators a lot of time to get that business dispute out of the way. 解决那项业务纠纷占用了调解人很多的时间。 get sb out of the wood 使某人脱离困境;使某人脱离麻烦: David is in trouble,his friends are helping him to get out of the wood. 大卫陷入麻烦中,他的朋友们正在帮助他脱离困境。 get sb out of trouble 使某人脱离困境;使某人脱离麻烦: Only through lots of exertions ,Peter managed to get his brother out of trouble. 经过许多努力,彼得才得以使他的弟兄摆脱困境。 get/take a rise out of (由于开玩笑)惹得(某人)恼怒: Dick is in bad temper these few days,a slight prank will get a rise out of him,so we all take care while talking with him. 狄克这些天脾气不好,一个小玩笑就会惹得他恼怒,我们跟他说话时都很小心。 go/fall out of use 不再被使用;被废弃: Our factory has been installed with new production lines,its old equipment has gone out of use. 我们工厂已经装备了新式的生产线,工厂的旧设备已经被废弃了。 go out of commission (指船)待修理;不能使用: These ships are to be sent to the dock,they have all gone out of commission. 这些船只将被送往船坞,它们都已不能使用。 go out of fashion 不时兴;不合时尚: Rimless spectacles have gone out of fashion,those with gold or silver rims are now in vogue. 无框眼镜已经不时兴,金框、银框眼镜现在正在流行。 go out of one’s mind 被忘记: Mary should have gone to see her mother yesterday but it went right out of her mind. 玛丽昨天应该去看望她的母亲,可是这件事她忘了。 go out of one’s way (to do sth): 故意(做某事);特意(花费时间精力)(做某事): The kind old man went out of his way to lead us to the station. 那位和善的老人特意把我们领到车站。 go out of sight (指被看的景物)走出视界: When our ship sailed farther,the shore and the people who saw us off gradually went out of sight. 我们的船走得越来越远,海岸和送行的人们逐渐地看不见了。 go out of this world 去世;死: Many of my old friends have gone out of this world. 我的许多老友都已经去世了。 grow out of 1 长得太大(而穿不上衣、鞋等): Some schoolboys have grown out of their school uniforms,we have to make some new dress for them. 有些学生长得太高大,学校的制服他们穿着太小了,我们必须给他们做些新服装。 因年龄增长而改掉或丧失(幼年的不好习惯): At the age of ten,our child has grown out of bed-wetting. 到10岁时,我们的孩子已经(长得)不尿床了。 由……产生;来自: His bad health grew out of excessive smoking and drinking. 他身体不健康是由于过度吸烟饮酒所致。 guy the life out of 〈美〉无情地嘲弄(某人): This fellow is as timid as a rabbit,his neighbours all guy the life out of him for this. 那个人胆小如兔,因此他的邻居们都无情地嘲弄他。 keep out of (使)置身于……之外;(使)不参加;(使)远离: John is a fair-minded young man,when a quarrel happens between his colleagues,he will keep out of it and try his best to reconcile them. 约翰是个正直的青年,同事们之间发生争吵时,他绝不参与,并且尽最大努力去排解。 keep sb out of harm’s way 使某人处于安全的地方;使某人躲开危险: This cottage is going to collapse,the man who lives in it has been kept out of harm’s way. 这间小舍快要倒塌,住在这里的那个人已经被安置在安全的地方。 keep sb out of mischief 使不做恶作剧;使不做坏事: Mother decided to be stern to her naughty child so as to keep him out of mischief. 妈妈决定严厉管教她的淘气孩子,以便使他不再恶作剧。 keep out of sight 呆在不被看见的地方;躲开: In order not to be punished by his teacher,the mischievous pupil kept out of sight after he had made on error. 为了不被老师惩罚,那个顽皮的小学生在犯了错以后躲在不被看见的地方。 keep sth out of sb’s sight 使某物不被某人看到: That old man was afraid that his beloved curios might be stolen,he hid them in a secret place and kept them out of everyone’s sight. 那位老人惟恐他心爱的古董被偷窃,他把它们藏在一个秘密的地方,使任何人都看不到它们。 keep out of the way 避开;置身事外: Whenever there was a dispute among his neighbours,that timid man would keep far out of the way so as not to offend anyone. 每当邻居之间发生纠纷时,那个胆小的人总是远远避开,不得罪任何人。 keep out of sb’s tracks 避开某人: They have ever done something wrong against a man,so they feel ashamed to see him and always keep out of his tracks. 他们曾经对一个人做过错事,所以羞于看见他,总是躲着他。 keep out of sb’s way 避开某人: Our neighbour is a man of an uncommunicative and eccentric disposition,he does not wish to associate with anyone and always keeps out of other’ s way when he goes out. 我们的邻居是个性情孤僻的人,不愿跟任何人交往,每当他出来时,总是避开别人。 knock/beat the tar out of 〈美俚语〉把(某人)痛打一顿: A drunkard staggered in the street and blocked the traffic,when a pedestrian tried to intercept him,he knocked the tar out of him. 一个醉汉在大街上蹒跚而行,妨碍交通,当一个行人试图拦挡他时,他把那行人痛打了一顿。 knock/blast hell out of 〈美俚语〉把(某人)痛打一顿: When a man walks on the road,a mad man suddenly comes up and knocks hell out of him,we send the mad man to the mental hospital at once. 当一个人在马路上行走时,一个疯子忽然走过来把他痛打一顿,我们立刻把那疯人送往精神病院。 knock the bottom out of 打破……的基础;推翻(学说、定律等): At last,a scholar knocked the bottom out of their arguments with scientific proof and put an end to the controversy. 最后,一位学者用科学的论证打破了他们论点的基础,结束了论战。 knock the breath out of 把(某人)吓一大跳: A mad man suddenly jumped out from the dark and knocked the breath out of her. 一个疯子忽然从黑暗中跳出,把她吓了一大跳。 knock the stuffing out of 1 力挫(某人之)锐气;(打斗时)使无招架之力: Our football team kicked two goals on end in the very beginning of the match and thus knocked the stuffing out of our rival team. 我们足球队在比赛一开始时连续踢进两球,因而力挫了对方球队的锐气。 (疾病等)使虚弱乏力: A chronic illness has knocked the stuffing out of him. 一场慢性病已经使他身体虚弱。 laugh out of court 一笑置之: When he heard of some rumours about himself,he only laughed out of court. 当他听到一些关于他的谣言时,他仅是一笑置之。 leave sth out of account 对某事不考虑;对某事不注意: His secretary often gave him some good advice but he left it out of account. 他的秘书时常给他一些好的建议,但他不予考虑。 leave sth out of consideration 对某事不加考虑;忽视某事: He often leaves other’s opinions out of consideration,this is a reason of his failure. 他对别人的意见常不加以考虑,这是他失败的一个原因。 let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密: This is their company’s business secret,but one of their office workers lets the cat out of the bag and their company suffers a great loss in their benefit. 这是他们公司的业务秘密,但是他们的一个职员把它泄露了,因而使他们公司在利润上蒙受重大损失。 let the sawdust out of 使(某人)原形毕露;使(某人)出丑: Jack told a lie to his mother but his little brothers exposed it and let the sawdust out of him. 杰克对他的母亲说了谎但是被他的小弟弟们揭穿,因而使他出了丑。 lift sb out of the rut 使某人摆脱旧习惯;使某人摆脱成规: Mr. White often sticks to conventions while dealing with things,his friends have lifted him out of the rut. 怀特先生在处理事务时时常墨守成规,他的朋友们已经使他摆脱这种情况。 like a fish out of water 如鱼离水;感到生疏不适应: Albert is like a fish out of water at his present post,his post prevents him from giving full play to his professional speciality. 艾尔伯特在现在这个职位上如同出水之鱼,因为他现在的职位使他不能发挥业务专长。 live out of the world 过孤寂生活;不与人来往: That old man has lived out of the world since he removed to a small mountain village. 自从那位老人迁到一个小山村以后,他一直过着孤寂生活。 make hay out of 使对自己有利: Harvey is a shrewd young man,he can make hay out of various situations. 哈维是个精明的青年,他能使各种形势对自己有利。 nearly jump sb out of his skin 把某人吓一大跳: When a child was playing in the park,a large sound nearly jumped him out of his skin,his parents told him that it was only the bursting of a tyre. 当一个小孩正在公园里玩时,一声巨响把他吓了一大跳,他的父母告诉他那是汽车轮胎爆裂。 nine times out of ten 十之八九;几乎每一次: We often play Chinese chess with an old man,who is a master chess player,he has the win nine times out of ten. 我们时常跟一位老人下象棋,他是一位下棋高手,十回有八九回是他赢。 ninety-nine(times)out of a hundred几乎每一次;十之八九: We are the former champion volleyball team and our rivals are all new hands,we will win championship in the match ninety-nine out of a hundred. 我们排球队是前冠军队,而我们的对手都是新手,所以在这次比赛中,我们十之八九将赢得冠军。 One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 〈谚语〉巧妇难为无米之炊: That artist cannot draw a picture because he has neither watercolours nor paper,one cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 那位画家画不出一张画来,因为他既没有水彩也没有纸,要知道巧妇难为无米之炊啊。 out of accord with 与……不一致;与……不符合: We refuse to sign on the contract,for some articles in it are out of accord with those agreed on in the business talks held before. 我们拒绝签署这个合同,因为其中有些条款跟以前商谈中所同意的条款不一致。 out of action 有故障;损坏(指机器、机件等): Some motors have been out of action due to bad maintenance,we send for mechanics to repair them. 一些电动机由于维修不良发生了故障,我们请修机工人来修理。 out of blast 1 (鼓风炉)不在鼓风而在停歇: No.3 furnace has worked a month on end,it is now out of blast for maintenance. 三号鼓风炉已经连续炼钢一个月了,现在它正在停炉维修。 (人)正在休息: After several hours of hard labour,workers are now out of blast. 在几个小时的紧张劳动以后,工人们现在正在休息。 out of blood 毫无生气: That basketball team is out of blood,its members are all lethargic and lack of sportsmanship. 那个篮球队毫无生气,它的队员们都暮气沉沉,缺乏竞争心。 out of bloom 过了花期;花已落了: It is already summer,peach and pear flowers have been out of bloom,they will soon become fruits. 已经到了夏季,桃花、梨花都已经落了,它们不久将结果实了。 out of bounds 越界;越限: This mountain is closed to facilitate afforestation,passengers are not allowed to go out of bounds. 这座山封山育林,行人不许越界。 out of bounds to 禁止(某人)入内: That zoo is out of bounds to children not accompanied by adults. 那个动物园禁止没有大人陪伴的小孩入园。 out of breath 喘不过气来;上气不接下气: A little boy ran out of breath,for a large dog was chasing him. 一个小孩跑得上气不接下气,因为有一条大狗追他。 out of charity 为了慈善;以仁爱精神: Out of charity,that hospital offered medical service to the poor free of charge. 那家医院为了慈善免费为贫苦人看病。 out of condition 1 身体不健康: He is out of condition,for he has an attack of an old illness. 他身体不健康,因为他的旧疾病复发了。 身体不适于(做某事): She is out of condition to go on holiday this summer. 她的身体不适于今夏出去度假。 out of contact 停止交往;停止交易;停止接触: Our corporation has been out of contact with that company since last year. 我们公司从去年起就停止跟那家公司作交易了。 out of count 多得数不清的;无数的: There are many wild donkeys wandering on the grassland and they are out of count in number. 草原上游荡着许多野驴,它们的数量多得数不清。 out of countenance 羞涩;害羞: Lily is a shy girl,when she meets new friends or speaks to strangers,she is often out of countenance. 丽莉是个害羞的姑娘,当她会见新朋友或是跟生人说话时,时常羞涩。 out of crop (指土地)未种着作物: This piece of land is out of crop because a new factory is going to be built on it. 这块土地没种着庄稼,因为要在它上面建一个新工厂。 out of danger 脱离危险: We went to see out friend and congratulate him that he had been out of danger safely. 我们去看望我们的朋友,庆贺他平安脱险。 out of date 过时的;陈旧的;废弃的: Alice’s fur coat is out of date,she wants to buy a new one. 爱丽丝的裘皮大衣已经过时,她想买一件新的。 out of sb’s depth 某人所不能理解;某人力所不能及: This book deals with theoretical mechanics,it is out of my depth. 这本书是关于理论力学的,我不能理解。 out of sb’s domain 某人不在行;非某人之所长: He is an artist and sculpture is out of his domain. 他是一位画家,雕塑不是他的本行。 out of doors 在户外;在露天: It is rather chilly out of doors,you had better put on more clothes. 户外天气很冷,你最好再多穿上一些衣服。 out of doubt 毫无疑问: Out of doubt,Alice will win first place in the debate,she is endowed with excellent eloquence and quick wits. 毫无疑问,爱丽丝将在辩论会中获得第一名,因为她赋有卓越的口才和机智。 out of favour (with) 被嫌恶;失宠: We should act ourselves modestly and prudently,and treat others with honesty or else we would be out of favour with everyone. 我们要谦虚谨慎,以诚待人,否则我们将被人人嫌恶。 out of form 健康和训练情况不佳(指运动员或参加赛跑的马): That football team is out of form because their coach has become proud since they won championship last time. 那个足球队的健康和训练情况不佳,因为自从上次他们获得冠军以后,他们的教练变得骄傲了。 out of frame 纷乱;无秩序: With so many customers and pedlars coming and going,the food market is somewhat out of frame,the market administration has begun to rectify it. 菜市场有这么多顾客和商贩来来往往,秩序有点混乱,市场管理所已经开始整顿它。 out of funds 缺钱: This corporation is out of funds in its business,it has to sell out part of its stock at a low price. 这家公司在营业上缺乏资金,它不得不把它的部分库存以低价售出。 out of hand 1 无纪律;无法约束;失去控制: The new captain is weak and incompetent,so his football team is out of hand and its daily training cannot be carried on in order. 新队长软弱无能,所以他的足球队缺乏纪律,日常的训练工作无法有秩序地进行。 立即;不犹豫地: This company’s business has been messed up,it should be rectified out of hand. 这家公司的业务乱作一团,需要立即整顿。 out of harmony with 与……不和睦;与……不协调: His disposition is out of harmony with that of his wife,he likes to show off while his wife does not. 他的性情与他妻子的性情不相协调,他喜好表现,而他的妻子则不是如此。 out of harm’s way 在安全之地;脱离危险: With the help of other ships’sailors,passengers of the wrecked ship have been out of harm’s way. 在别的轮船海员们帮助之下,失事轮船上的乘客们已经处于安全之地。 out of heart 沮丧;灰心: Although Dick has suffered numerous frustrations,he is not the least out of heart but goes on with his work more energetically. 虽然狄克遭受多次挫折,但他毫不灰心,更加奋力工作。 out of hours 在上班时间以外: Peter likes little animals,he spends much of his time feeding them out of hours. 彼得喜爱小动物,在上班时间以外他花费许多时间喂养它们。 out of humour 不高兴;情绪不好: Lily is out of humour today,for she has been blamed by her mother. 莉莉今天不高兴,因为她被她的母亲责备了。 (do sth) out of / in revenge 由于报复(而做某事): We all keep away from our neighbour,he is narrowminded and without the least sympathy,if you offend him even unintentionally,he will do something back to you out of revenge. 我们都不跟我们的邻人接近,他是个心胸狭隘没有一点同情心的人,如果你无意之中冒犯了他,他就将做些事情来报复你。 out of joint 1 脱臼(指骨骼等): An old man slipped on the icy road and hurt his leg,through examination his leg was found to be out of joint. 一位老人在结冰的路面上滑倒,腿受了伤,经过检查,他的腿脱臼了。 脱榫(指木器等): He has sent for a carpenter to repair his desk,for its leg is out of joint. 他请一个木匠修理他的书桌,因书桌子腿脱榫了。 out of keeping with 与……不协调;与……不一致: We do not believe in him because his actions are out of keeping with his words. 我们不相信他,因为他的行为跟他所说的话不一致。 out of sb’s line 1 不属某人行业的;非某人所擅长的: He is a zoologist,botany is out of his line. 他是一位动物学家,植物学不是他的本行。 不合某人胃口的: Mary cares for classical music,popular songs are out of her line. 玛丽喜好古典音乐,流行歌曲不合她的胃口。 out of line with 与……不协调;与……不一致: They did not applaud the singer,her tone was out of line with the piano. 他们没有给那位歌手鼓掌,因为歌手的音调跟钢琴不协调。 out of luck 运气不好;不顺利: The shopkeeper is out of luck,he has lost a lot of money in business. 那店主人运气不好,他已经在经营上赔了很多钱。 out of measure 极度;非常: When Alice saw her old friend,her joy was out of measure. 当爱丽丝看到她的老朋友时,她无比高兴。 out of number 无数的;数不清的: Stars in the night sky are just like our hairs,they are both out of number. 夜空中的星星正好像我们的头发一样,它们都是多得数不清。 out of one’s beat 超出自己熟悉的范围;做不是本行的工作: Our engineer is an expert in mechanics,but now he tries to deal with a problem in electronics,he is out of his beat. 我们的工程师是一位机械学的专家,但是现在他想处理一个电子学的问题,他做的不是本行的工作。 out of one’s element 不在适当的或满意的环境中: David is out of his element,he cannot give full play to his professional speciality at his present post. 大卫现在处于对他不适当的环境,因为他现在的职位使他不能发挥他的业务专长。 out of one’s mind 精神不正常;发狂: The man is out of his mind,he has to be sent to a mental hospital. 那人精神不正常,他必须被送往精神病院。 out of one’s own head 自己想出来的: Rose is an able designer,all these new and original designs are out of her own head. 罗丝是一位能干的设计师,所有这些新颖的设计都是她自己想出来的。 out of one’s senses 发疯;神经错乱: He is out of his senses because he has failed in his business and lost all his money. 他发疯了,因为他经营商业失败,赔掉他所有的钱。 out of one’s wits 不知所措;精神错乱: When a hen-pecked husband was talking with some girls,his fierce wife suddenly appeared and asked him what he was doing,this made him out of his wits. 当一个怕妻子的丈夫正在跟一些姑娘谈话时,他那凶悍的妻子忽然出现,问他正在做什么事,这使得他不知所措。 out of order 1 不整齐;紊乱: Edward is a lazy young man,everything in his room is out of order. 爱德华是一个懒惰的青年,他屋中每件东西都是紊乱的。 次序颠倒: These books have been placed out of order,you had better rearrange them. 这些书放得次序颠倒,你最好重新整理一下。 发生故障(指机器等): Mary’s sewing-machine is out of order,it won’t work any more 玛丽的缝纫机坏了,它不再转动了。 不舒服;功能紊乱(指身体器官): My stomach is out of order,it often aches when I eat something. 我的胃口不舒服,吃完东西它总疼。 out of phase 不协调;(物理)异相: When electricity is out of phase,the motor will not revolve properly. 当电流是异向时,电动机就转动得不好。 out of place 1 不在适当的位置;不在应在的位置;不得其所: This gear is fitted out of place,you should put it in the front. 这个齿轮安装得错了位置,你应当把它放在前部。 不适当的;不适合的;不相称的: Your criticism is out of place,his shortcoming is not so serious as you have said. 你的批评是不适当的,他的缺点并不像你所说的那样严重。 out of plumb 不垂直;倾斜: Through strict examination,the architect found that some columns in the hall were a little out of plumb. 经过严格检查,那建筑师发现大厅内有些圆柱有点不垂直。 out of pocket 白花了钱;赔钱: Joseph bought a pet dog of high breed,but it ran away with neighbouring dogs a few days later,he was several hundred dollars out of pocket. 约瑟夫买了一只名贵品种的爱犬,但是几天以后它跟邻近的几只狗一块跑走了,约瑟夫白花了数百元的钱。 out of position 不在适当位置;不得其所: The young technician has been put out of position,his proper place is in the workshop. 那个年轻的技术人员被安置得不得其所,他应该被安置在车间中。 out of sb’s power 非某人力所能及: John found it out of his power to help his friends in solving their problems. 约翰发现他的力量不足以帮助他的朋友们解决他们的问题。 out of practice 久不练习;荒疏: Connie has ever been a good hand at embroidery,but now she is out of practice. 康妮曾经是一位刺绣能手,但是现在她的技艺荒疏了。 out of print (指书刊)已绝版的;已售完的: Many ancient books on breathing exercises have been out of print now. 许多关于气功的古代书籍现在已经绝版了。 out of proportion 不成比例;不相称: These two companies cannot be combined because their scales are out of proportion. 这两家公司不能联合,因为它们的规模大小悬殊。 out of puff 〈口语〉气喘吁吁: A pupil is out of puff,he is running to school to tell his teacher that he has picked up a one-fen coin in the street. 一个小学生气喘吁吁,他正跑到学校来告诉他的老师,他在大街上捡到一个一分钱的硬币。 out of question 毫无疑问: It is out of question that the former champion team will win again. 毫无疑问,那个前冠军队将再赢得比赛。 out of range 在射程以外: The hunter met several wolves in the forest,but he did not shoot because they were all out of range. 那猎人在森林中遇到几只狼,但他没有射击,因为它们都在射程以外。 out of sb’s range 在某人知识范围以外;在某人兴趣范围以外: He is a geologist,mineralogy is somewhat out of his range. 他是个地质学家,矿物学有些超出他的知识范围以外。 out of reach 伸手够不到: Cutting tools should be kept in some place out of reach for children. 各种刀具应当放在儿童们伸手够不到的地方。 out of regard for 出于对……的尊重;出于对……的重视: This unit often sends some people to see its retired staff members,this is out of regard for them. 该单位时常派一些人去看望退休的职工,这是出于对这些人的尊重。 out of repair 失修;破损: This old house is out of repair,rain leaks in badly in summer. 这所旧房失修,夏季时它漏雨严重。 out of respect to 出于对(某人)的尊重: Out of respect to old engineers,the director often listened to their advice. 出于对老工程师们的尊重,主任时常听取他们的建议。 out of rule 不按常规;违背惯例: Men of genius often do something out of rule,this is,of course,against the thinking of common people. 天才的人们时常做一些违背常规的事,这当然不符合一般人的想法。 out of season 已过时的;不合时令的: Some goods are sold at low prices because they have been out of season. 有些货品以低价出售,因为它们已经过了时令。 out of shape 1 变形;走样: His hat has been a little out of shape,so he wants to buy a new one. 他的帽子已经有一点走了样,所以他想买一顶新的。 身体状况不佳: Betty gets tired easily these days,she must be out of shape. 这些天贝蒂容易疲倦,她一定身体有毛病。 out of shot 在射程以外: A wolf has run out of shot,so we let our hounds run after it. 一只狼已经跑出射程以外,所以我们让猎犬去追它。 out of sight (指观看者)看不见;在视程之外: Although our ship has sailed far away,we are not yet out of sight of land. 虽然我们的船已经走出很远,我们仍可看见陆地。 Out of sight,out of mind. 〈谚语〉眼不见;心不想: Out of sight,out of mind,John thinks less about his home now ,because he has left it many days. 眼不见,心不想,约翰现在不大想家中的事了,因为他已经离家许多天了。 out of sorts 身体不适;精神不佳;情绪欠佳: Andrew has been out of sorts these days,his friends advise him to see the doctor. 安迪这些日子身体不舒服,他的朋友们劝他去找医生看看。 out of sb’s sphere 超出某人的能力;非某人所长: Mr.White is an engineer of mechanics,automation is out of his sphere. 怀特先生是一位机械工程师,自动化作业不是他的所长。 out of spirits 无精打采;意志消沉: Harold was out of spirits,for his mother had been seriously ill and in hospital. 哈罗德无精打采,因为他母亲患了重病住院了。 out of spite 出于恶意;为了泄愤: Never do anything against others out of spite,that is not the action of an upright man. 不要出于恶意而对别人做不好的事,那不是正直人的行为。 out of step with the times 与时代脱节;落后于时代: We should make persistent progress in science and technology so as not to fall out of stepwith the times. 我们要在科学技术上持续取得进步以免与时代脱节。 out of stock 没有存货;已脱销: Chinaware has been out of stock,the shopkeeper is trying to replenish some in. 瓷器没有存货了,商店主人正在设法补充进货。 out of style 不时兴;不时髦: Dolly’s fur overcoat is already out of style,she is now going to a clothing store to buy a new,fashionable one. 朵拉的裘皮大衣已经不时兴了,她正在往服装店去买一件新的时髦大衣。 out of temper 生气;发怒: Alice is out of temper,no one dares to talk to her and her mother is trying to soothe her. 爱丽丝生气了,没有人敢于跟她说话,她的母亲正在设法劝解她。 out of the mist of 从……的当中: Many distinguished personages come out of the mist of common people,it is they who nurture them up. 许多卓越人物来自于普通百姓之中,正是这些平民百姓抚育了他们。 out of the ordinary 不寻常的;特殊的: Just like his genius,his disposition is also out of the ordinary. 正好像他的天赋一样,他的性格也是不寻常的。 out of the picture 不知道事实情况: We have been away for some weeks,so we are rather out of the picture about this matter. 我们已经离开了好几个星期,所以关于这件事我们不知道事实情况。 out of the question 不可能的;办不到的: It is out of the question to remould natural circumstances during such a short period. 在这么短的时期内改造自然环境是不可能的。 out of the swim 不合乎时代潮流;不熟悉情况: These old and feudal customs are out of the swim,we should do away with them. 这些旧的封建习俗不合乎时代潮流,我们应当废除它们。 out of the vertical 不垂直的: The post is erected out of the vertical,it needs to be put right. 这个杆子立得不直,需要把它树直了。 out of the way 不寻常的;奇特的: Some people all pay special attention to him but he has done nothing out of the way. 一些人都特别注意他,但是他并没有做出任何不寻常的事。 out of this/the world 〈俚语〉无比优秀的;极其好的: This child is unusually wise and clever,he will surely do something out of this world when he has grown up. 这个小孩异常聪明伶俐,他长大以后一定会做出无比优秀的事情来。 out of touch with 与……失去联系;与……没有通信: I have been out of touch with my old schoolmates for years and I do not know where they are now. 我已经跟我的老同学们多年失去联系,不知道现在他们在哪里。 out of tune (with) 1 (歌曲或在唱歌时)走调;不合调: That singer is deep in emotion,owing to too much excitement her tone is sometimes out of tune with the piano when she sings lyric songs. 那位歌手感情太丰富,有时由于太激动,演唱抒情歌曲时,她的声调跟钢琴不合音调。 不协调(环境、友伴等): It is out of tune with the times to be complacent and conservative,one should keep forging ahead. 故步自封是与时代精神不协调的,我们应当积极进取。 out of turn 不依顺序地;不合时宜地: We all wait for our turn buying the new book and no one comes out of turn. 我们都依照顺序购买那本新书,没有一个人不按顺序。 out of use 不在使用着;废弃: They put machines out of use in the warehouse to make room for their new equipment. 他们把废弃不用的机器放入仓库以便给他们的新设备腾出空地。 out of vogue 不流行;不时兴: Dark-coloured trousers are now out of vogue,people all wear light-coloured ones when they go out. 深色裤子现在不时兴了,人们出门时都穿浅色裤子了。 out of voice 嗓子不好: That famous singer has caught a bad cold recently,she is now out of voice. 那位著名的歌手最近患了重感冒,她现在嗓子不好。 pass / go out of mind 被忘却: This incident happened many years ago,it has gone out of mind now. 这件事发生在许多年以前,它现在已经被忘却了。 pick the plums out of the pudding把佳品留给自己: It is a selfish act to pick the plums out of the pudding while dividing things with others,one should do it in a fair and impartial way. 在跟别人分东西时,把佳品留给自己是自私的行为,大家应当公平合理地分配。 pull (sb’s) chestnuts out of the fire(为某人)火中取栗;替别人冒险: Never pull chestnuts out of the fire,it is a dangerous act. 不要火中取栗,那是危险的行为。 pull out of 离开;离去;(车、船)驰出: Many people pulled out of that swimming club,they became more and more uninterested in its simple and crude equipment. 许多人离开了那个游泳俱乐部,他们对它的简陋设备越来越不感兴趣。 pull sth out of the fire 使……转败为胜: Owing to our hard struggle,we have pulled the game out of the fire. 由于我们努力拼搏,我们已经使比赛转败为胜。 pull sb out of the trouble 使某人脱离困境: Through the help of his friends,Jim was pulled out of the trouble. 由于他的朋友们的帮助,吉姆从那麻烦事中脱出身来。 put sb’s nose out of joint 夺走某人之宠;挤掉某人: The king did not show favour to the queen any more,for a new concubine had put her nose out of joint. 国王不再宠爱王后了,因为一个新来的妃子夺了她的宠。 put sth out of action 使(机器等)停止工作;使(敌人等)失去战斗力;使失去效用: Machines are put out of action on Sundays so that technical personnel may carry out maintenance and examination on them. 机器在每星期日关闭,以便技术人员对它们进行检查和维修。 put sth out of existence 灭绝;使绝迹: Many species of animals and plants have been put out of existence due to complicated reasons. 由于复杂的原因许多动植物物种已经灭绝。 put sth out of harm’s way 把某物置于安全之处: Flora has put her pet rabbits out of harm’s way before she sets out. 弗萝拉在出发以前已经把她宠爱的小兔放于安全之处。 put sth out of sb’s head 使某人忘记某事: He was busy from morning till night,this put everything else out of his head. 他从早到晚忙忙碌碌,这使他把别的事都忘了。 put sb out of heart 使某人失去勇气;使某人垂头丧气: This ambitious youth has been put out of heart by serious frustrations. 严重的挫折已经使这个抱负不凡的青年失去勇气。 put sb out of his misery 解除某人的痛苦: Daisy often accompanied her sick mother at home to put her out of her misery. 黛西时常呆在家中陪伴她生病的母亲以解除她母亲的病痛。 put sth out of one’s head 不再想某事;放弃一念头: John put the idea of going abroad out of his head and decided to make a living in his hometown. 约翰放弃了出国的念头,决定在家乡谋生。 put sth out of shape 使某物变形、走样: Peter ran so hard that he put his new sports-shoes out of shape. 彼得跑得如此剧烈,使得他的新运动鞋都走了样。 put sb out of temper 使某人生气、发脾气: His unreasonable remarks put his friends out of temper and they quarrelled with him at once. 他的无礼的言语使得他的朋友们生了气,他们立刻跟他争吵起来。 ready to leap out of one’s skin 乐极忘形;狂喜: Mother was ready to leap out of her skin when she heard that her son had returned safely. 当母亲听到她的儿子已经平安回来时,她乐极忘形。 reason sb out of 以道理劝说某人不做(某事): Joseph often treats his sister rudely and makes her sad,his parents have reasoned him out of this. 约瑟夫时常粗鲁地对待他的姐妹,使得她很伤心,他的父母已经用道理劝说他不要这样做。 rise out of one’s boots 飞快地起床;从床上飞快地跳起: A traveller woke up late,so he rose out of his boots and hurried to the station to catch the train. 一位旅行者醒晚了,所以他飞快地起床奔向车站去赶火车。 rout sb out of 把某人从……唤出;把某人唤起: When our new chief engineer came to our factory,we were routed out of the office to welcome him. 当我们的新任总工程师来到工厂时,我们被唤出办公室去迎接他。 run oneself out of breath 筋疲力尽: We have worked hard all day long,so by the evening we all run ourselves out of breath. 我们努力工作了一整天,所以晚上我们全都筋疲力尽。 run out of 用尽;用光(物品、供应品等): Explorers will soon run out of grain and daily necessities,we must try to supply them at once. 探险家们的粮食和日用必需品等不久即将用尽,我们必须设法立即供应他们。 run out of steam 筋疲力尽: Tourists ran out of steam when they got to the hotel because they had visited many scenic spots without any rest. 当旅游者到达旅馆时,他们变得筋疲力尽,因为他们已经毫不休息地逛了许多风景地点。 send sb out of his mind 使神经错乱;使发疯: A neighbour of mine was sent out of his mind,for he had suffered too many miserable things. 我的一位邻居神经错乱了,因为他遭遇了太多的痛苦事情。 shake sth out of 从(某物)上摇下某物;从(某物)中摇(抖)出某物: This naughty boy often shook large apples and pears out of fruit-trees for his little brother and himself. 这个淘气男孩时常从果树上摇下大苹果和大梨给他自己和他的弟弟吃。 show sb out of 引导某人从……出来: After visiting some workshops distinguished guests are shown out of our factory. 参观完一些车间以后,贵宾们被引导出我们工厂。 snap out of it 突然改变心情;突然改变习惯: Grandpa always gets up very early in the morning,but recently he snaps out of it and begins to rise late. 爷爷总是早晨起得很早,但是最近他忽然改变习惯,起得晚了。 sneak out of 偷偷地逃避(工作、责任等): That office worker has been rebuked by his superiors,for he often sneaks out of his duty. 那位职员已经受到他的上级的申斥,因为他时常逃避职责。 stare sb out of countenance 凝视某人使他局促不安: When a timid person is waiting for the bus at a busstop,a stranger stares him out of countenance. 当一位胆小的人正在公共汽车站等候汽车时,一个陌生人凝视他使他局促不安。 strike sparks out of 使(某人)打开话匣子;引得(某人)大发议论: Our remarks struck sparks out of some talkative persons,who wanted to argue with us. 我们的话引起一些好说话的人大发议论,他们想跟我们辩论。 take a leaf out of another’s book效仿别人行动;学别人的样子: They could not bring forth new ideas,they could only take a leaf out of another’s book. 他们不能创新,他们仅能效仿别人的样子。 take it out of 使(某人)筋疲力尽: When tourists got back to their hotel,tiresome walk a whole day long had taken it out of them. 当旅游者回到他们的旅馆时,一整天令人疲惫的步行使他们筋疲力尽。 take the bread out of sb’s mouth夺人生计;抢某人饭碗: It is a commonsense that businessmen take the bread out of one another’s mouth in their competition. 商人们在竞争时彼此互夺生计是尽人皆知的事。 take the heart out of 使(某人)失去勇气;使(某人)垂头丧气: Difficulties in starting his undertaking never take the heart out of George,on the contrary,he becomes more vigorous in his exertion forward. 开始创业时所遭受的困难并没有使乔治失去勇气,相反地他更加奋力向前。 take the mickey out of 〈俚语〉嘲弄(某人);使(某人)显得可笑: Daisy is so timid that even a mouse will scare her a start,we all take the mickey out of her for this. 黛西胆子太小,一只老鼠都把她吓一跳,我们都为此而嘲弄她。 take the shine out of 使光泽消失;使黯然失色;使相形见绌: When Princess Diana attended the feast,her beauty took the shine out of all ladies present. 当黛安娜公主出席宴会时,她的美丽使所有在场的女士们黯然失色。 take the words out of sb’s mouth抢别人的话;抢先说别人想说的话: We think it an impolite and lowbreeding act to take the words out of other’s mouth. 我们认为抢别人的话是一种失礼的和没有教养的行为。 talk sb out of (doing sth) 说服某人不要(做某事): Little Tom does not pay attention to hygiene,he is always with dirty face and dirty hands,his mother is now talking him out of that. 小汤姆不讲卫生,总是小脏脸和小脏手,他的母亲正在说服他不要这样。 tear the guts out of 1 耗尽(某人)精力: It has torn the guts out of this old engineer to remould the old equipment and improve the products in that factory. 那家工厂改造旧设备和提高产品质量的工作已经耗尽了这位老工程师的精力。 割掉(某事物)的精华: Some scientists try to explain the Theory of Relativity,but their explanation has torn the guts out of that great theory. 一些科学家试图解释相对论,但是他们的解释已经割掉了这个伟大理论的精华。 tell tales out of school 搬弄是非;背后说坏话: A decent person never tells tales out of school,he tells out his opinion openly if he has different views about something. 一位正派的人绝不会背后说人坏话,如果他对某件事有不同的见解,他总是公开地谈出自己的意见。 time out of mind 远古时代;很久以前: In time out of mind,our ancestors made fire by drilling wood and kept records by tying knots. 在远古时代,我们的先人钻木取火,结绳记事。 times out of number 无数次地;反复地: Scientists all have the spirit that,if they fail in their experiments,they will repeat them times out of number until they acquire their aims. 科学家们都有这种精神,如果他们的实验失败,他们会反复地把实验进行下去,一直到达到目的。 travel out of the record 扯到题外;离开话题: We have travelled out of the record,let us return to the point. 我们已经扯到题外,让我们回到话题上来。 trick sb out of 骗取某人的(某物): It is against the law to trick others out of their belongings. 骗取别人财物是违法的行为。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津: 天津科学技术出版社. 2003 第730-751页. |
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