If a light or fire is out or goes out, it is no longer shining or burning.
All the lights were out in the house.
房里所有的灯都熄灭了。
If flowers are out, their petals have opened.
Well, the daffodils are out in the gardens and they're always a beautiful show.
哇,花园里的水仙开了,它们总能成为一道亮丽的风景。
If something such as a book or CD is out, it is available for people to buy.
Their new album is out now.
他们的新专辑现已面市。
In a game or sport, if someone is out, they can no longer take part either because they are unable to or because they have been defeated.
If you say that a proposal or suggestion is out, you mean that it is unacceptable.
That idea is out, I'm afraid.
那个观点恐怕是不能接受的。
If you say that a particular thing is out, you mean that it is no longer fashionable at the present time.
Romance is making a comeback. Reality is out.
浪漫题材卷土重来,而现实题材已经过时了。
If you say that a calculation or measurement is out, you mean that it is incorrect.
When the two ends of the tunnel met in the middle they were only a few inches out.
隧道两端在中间相接时,只有几英寸的误差。
If someone is out to do something, they intend to do it.
Most companies these days are just out to make a quick profit.
如今大部分公司只图迅速盈利。
If news or information about something is out, information about it has been made public.
The word is out that she has fled the country.
有消息说,她已经逃离了那个国家。
When something is in a particular place and you take it out, you remove it from that place.
I like the pop you get when you pull out a cork.
我喜欢听拔瓶塞时发出的“砰”声。
He took out his notebook and flipped the pages.
他拿出笔记本,飞快地翻着。
You can use out to indicate that you are talking about the situation outside, rather than inside buildings.
It's hot out – very hot, very humid.
外面很热--非常热而且还很潮湿。
If you are out, you are not at home or not at your usual place of work.
I tried to get in touch with you yesterday evening, but I think you were out.
我昨晚想要联系你,但我想你可能不在家。
If you say that someone is out in a particular place, you mean that they are in a different place, usually one far away.
The police tell me they've finished their investigations out there.
警方告诉我他们已经完成了那边的调查。
When the sea or tide goes out, the sea moves away from the shore.
The tide was out and they walked among the rock pools.
潮水退了,他们沿着岩石区的潮水潭散步。
If flowers come out, their petals have opened.
I usually put it in my diary when I see the wild flowers coming out.
每当看到野花盛开,我就会记在笔记里。
If something such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available for people to buy.
The French edition came out in early 2006.
法文版在2006年初面市。
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If you go out of a place, you leave it.
She let him out of the house.
她让他离开了那座房子。
If you take something out of the container or place where it has been, you remove it so that it is no longer there.
I always took my key out of my bag and put it in my pocket.
我总是把钥匙从包里拿出来再放进口袋里。
If you look or shout out of a window, you look or shout away from the room where you are towards the outside.
He went on staring out of the window.
他依旧凝视着窗外。
If you are out of the sun, the rain, or the wind, you are sheltered from it.
People can keep out of the sun to avoid skin cancer.
人们可以通过躲避阳光照射来预防皮肤癌。
If someone or something gets out of a situation, especially an unpleasant one, they are then no longer in it. If they keep out of it, they do not start being in it.
In the past army troops have relied heavily on air support to get them out of trouble.
过去,陆军部队严重依赖空中支援来摆脱困境。
The economy is starting to climb out of recession.
经济开始慢慢走出萧条。
You can use out of to say that someone leaves an institution.
That is precisely what I came out of college thinking I was supposed to do.
那正是我大学毕业时认为自己应该做的。
If you are out of range of something, you are beyond the limits of that range.
Shaun was in the bedroom, out of earshot, watching television.
肖恩在卧室里看电视,听不到。
You use out of to say what feeling or reason causes someone to do something. For example, if you do something out of pity, you do it because you pity someone.
He took up office out of a sense of duty.
他任职是出于一种责任感。
If you get something such as information or work out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you, usually when they are unwilling to give it.
'Where is she being held prisoner?' I asked. 'Did you get it out of him?'
“她被囚禁在哪里?”我问道。“你从他那儿打听到了吗?”
If you get pleasure or an advantage out of something, you get it as a result of being involved with that thing or making use of it.
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Jenkins hasn't let the pressure take the fun out of the sport.
詹金斯没有让压力夺走这项运动的乐趣。
If you are out of something, you no longer have any of it.
I can't find the sugar – and we're out of milk.
我找不到糖,而且我们也没有牛奶了。
If something is made out of a particular material, it consists of that material because it has been formed or constructed from it.
Would you advise people to make a building out of wood or stone?
你会建议人们用木头或石头造房子吗?
You use out of to indicate what proportion of a group of things something is true of. For example, if something is true of one out of five things, it is true of one fifth of all things of that kind.
Two out of five thought the business would be sold privately on their retirement or death.
2/5的人认为这个企业会在他们退休或去世后被私下卖掉。