out of place 详细解释

out of place

不合适的, 不相称的, 格格不入的

1. 不在适当的位置

Those wine bottles are out of place in the children's playroom.

那些酒瓶不适合放在小孩子们的游戏间里。

Everything in the room was out of place.

房间内所有东西都摆得不合适。

2. 不合适的, 不恰当的, 不相称的

His frank statements were really out of place at the party.

他那番坦白话实在不适合在宴会里说。

His remarks were a bit out of place.

他的话有点不恰当。

词义辨析

同义参见:

aberrant  

反义参见:

in place  

英英释义

形容词 out of place:

of an inappropriate or misapplied nature

同义词：inapposite

补充

out of placeout of place1.不在应在的位置, 不在适当的位置Some of these books are out of place.Please put them in right order.有些书位置不对, 请把它们按顺序放好。2.不合适; 不恰当His remarks are out of place.他的话讲得不适当。3.不协调, 格格不入I felt out of place among foreigners.在外国人当中我感到不自在。

例句

1. I felt out of place in my suit and tie.我穿着西服、打着领带, 感觉十分别扭。 2. Not a strand of her hair was out of place.她的头发一丝不乱。 3. Nothing in the room was out of place.房中的一切东西都摆放得当。 4. Their modern style home seems oddly out of place among the town's old farmhouses.他们的现代风格的家似乎和镇上古老的农舍格格不入。 5. She wouldn't look out of place on the cover of a fashion magazine.她的形象在时装杂志的封面上不会看起来格格不入。 6. I feel a bit out of place [=I feel like I don't belong] with my wife's family.我感到和妻子的家人有点格格不入。 7. The law seems particularly out of place in today's society.这部法律在当今社会似乎特别不合时宜。

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