单词详解
adv.
A. 离开某地（away from a place）
Don’t lean out of the window. 不要把身体伸到窗外。
B. 不在家 (not at home)
He is out at the moment. 他现在不在。
C. 不再流行，过时 (no longer fashionable)
The skirt is out. 这个裙子已经过时了。
D. 在野，下台 (no longer in a position for power)
He went out in 1980. 他是1980年下野的。
相关词组
1. all out 全力以赴
We are going all out to win the championship. 我们会全力以赴争取夺冠。
2. be out for 力图获得
She’s only out for my money. 她只是图我的钱。
3. out of action 不运转
The car is out of action. 这辆汽车出了故障。
4. out of breath 上气不接下气
The mile run left me out of breath. 一英里赛跑，我跑的气喘吁吁。
5. out of control 失去控制
The car went out of control. 汽车失去了控制。
6. out of date 过时的 (out of style 不时髦的)
The dresses are out of date. 这些服装都过时了。
7. out of doors 在户外
It is warm enough for us to play out of doors. 天气暖和，很适合我们出去玩。
8. out of favor with 失宠
He is out of favor with the king. 他在国王面前已经失宠了。
9. out of hand 即时，即刻
I’ll go with him out of hand. 我即刻就跟他走。
10. out of one’s reach 够不着 (out of reach of 无法够到)
The cat ran up a tree and got out of my reach. 那只猫跑到树上了，我逮不着它。
11. out of place 不适当
His arty clothes look out of place at school. 他的奇装异服在学校里看着不顺眼。
12. out of practice 练习不足
He used to be good at cricket, but now he is out of practice.
他以前很善于打板球，可是现在都荒废了。
13. out of print 已绝版的
The book is out of print. 这本书已经绝版了。
14. out of question 没问题
It is out of question that he will write to me. 他一定会给我写信的。
15. out of repair 失修
This house has been out of repair for many years. 这间房子已经很多年没修了。
16. out of sight 看不见
The car was soon out of sight. 汽车很快就看不见了。
17. out of step 步调不一致
He is out of step with us. 他更我们格格不入。
18. out of the question 不可能
We are wrong, it’s of the question. 我们错了，那是不可能的。
19. out of touch 失去联系
We’ve been out of touch with Li Ming for years. 我们跟李明已经有好多年没有联系了。
20. out of turn 不按次序的
No one is allowed to get his ticket out of turn. 每个人都要按次序买票。
21. out of use 废弃，不被使用
The phone boxes will go out of use tomorrow. 公共电话亭明天就不再使用了。
22. out of work 失业
They were thrown out of work. 他们失去了工作。
23. out of 从……向外
Xiao Li’s been in and out of prison for ten years. 小李十年来多次进出监狱。
相关单词
近义词：away, absent
相关链接
词语辨析：out of question, out of the question
out of question, out of the question
二者形式相近，但含义不同。
out of question: 一般指“毫无疑问”。
out of the question: 一般是指“不可能的”。
词语详解
1. out of question: 一般指“毫无疑问”。
I’m sure your success is out of question. 我相信你肯定能成功。
2. out of the question: 一般是指“不可能的”。
To build a tunnel from America to England is out of the question.
从美国到英国建一条隧道是不可能的。
