out of
preposition
uk/ˈaʊt ˌəv/us/ˈaʊt ˌəv/out ofpreposition(NO LONGER IN)
out ofsomewhere/something
A2
nolongerin astatedplaceorcondition:
不在（某处）；不处于（某种情况）Anapplerolledout of thebag.一个苹果从包里滚了出来。
Professor Aitchison is out oftownthisweek.艾奇逊教授这星期不在城里。
Thepatientis now out ofdanger.病人现在脱离了危险。
Thecoffeemachineis out oforder(= does notwork).咖啡机出了故障。
Both she and herhusbandare out ofwork(= nolongerhavejobs).她和丈夫都失业了。
- I'm alwaysclippingrecipesout ofmagazines.
- Thiscorkwon't come out of thebottle.
- Thedoctorssay he is now out ofdanger.
- I really had todragmyself out ofbedthismorning.
- Furcoatshave gone out offashion.
From, out and outside
- al fresco
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- indigenous
- inside
- non-indigenous
- open
- open-air
- out
- out and aboutidiom
- outdoor
- outermost
- outside
- outta
- outward
- outwards
- outwith
out ofpreposition(MADE FROM)
B1(alsoof)
used to show what something is made from:
由…制成；由…构成Thedresswas made out ofvelvet.这条裙子是用天鹅绒做的。
- He made ahatfor himself out ofnewspaper.
- Helmets and bullet-proofvestsare often made out ofKevlar.
- Hecarvesgardenornamentsout ofwoodandsellsthem.
- Thecakedecorationsare made out ofsugar, so you caneatthem if you like.
- Didn't youknowthatbutterwas made out ofmilk?
Creating and producing
- anti-creative
- artefact
- attribute
- attributesomethingtosomeone
- barrenness
- bash
- generate
- handmade
- knock
- knock off (something)
- knocksomeoneout
- knocksomethingtogether/up
- mint
- rollout
- runsomethingup
- rushsomethingout
- sand-cast
- scaresomethingup
- spin
- yield
out ofpreposition(BECAUSE OF)
B2
used to show thereasonwhy someone does something:
出于，因为I took thejobout ofnecessitybecause we had nomoneyleft.我不得已接受了这份工作，因为我们没钱了。
You might like to come andseewhat we're doing out ofinterest(= because Ithinkyou might beinterested).你也许有兴趣来看看我们在做什么。
- We didn'tpublishthedetails, out ofconsiderationfor the victim'sfamily.
- Shedecidedtocallher ex-boyfriend out ofcuriosity.
- He only went toseeher out ofduty.
- Just out ofinterest, howoldisyourwife?
- Shefinishedwith him and, out ofrevenge, he told herhusbandabouttheiraffair.
Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- as
- at
- because
- case
- courtesy
- cuz
- dint
- except
- except thatidiom
- from
- herein
- inasmuch as
- insofar as
- light
- order
- owing to
- since
- that
- virtue
- with
out ofpreposition(FROM AMONG)
B1
from among anamountornumber:
从（某个数量或数字）中Nine out of tenpeoplesaid theylikedtheproduct.10个人中有9个说他们喜欢这产品。
No one got 20 out of 20(= all theanswerscorrect)in thetest.这次测试，没有人20道题全都答对。
- Out of all myfriends, she is the mostambitious.
- He's the onlychildout of thewholeclasswho's not going on theschooltrip.
- I'veheardthat, out of all theapplicantsfor thejob, he was the onlygraduate.
- Nine out of tencatspreferthisbrandofcatfood,apparently.
- I should beabletofindonedressout of all this lot thatsuitsme.
Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- binary
- cash
- count
- countsomethingout
- countdown
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- dendrochronology
- headcount
- numeracy
- numerate
- octal
- reckonsomethingin
- recount
- renumber
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- run tosomething
- the Fundamental Counting Principle
out ofpreposition(ORIGIN)
used todescribewhere something came from orbegan:
形容某事的起源（或来历）Shedresseslike acharacterout of a 19th-centurynovel.她穿得犹如19世纪小说中的人物。
Ipaidfor thecomputerout of(= using some of)mysavings.我用我的存款买了这台电脑。
From, out and outside
- al fresco
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- indigenous
- inside
- non-indigenous
- open
- open-air
- out
- out and aboutidiom
- outdoor
- outermost
- outside
- outta
- outward
- outwards
- outwith
out ofpreposition(NOT INVOLVED)
[after verb]
nolongerinvolvedin:
不再参与；退出I got out ofthehabitofridingmybiketowork.我已经改变了骑车上班的习惯。
Excluding
- acid-free
- apart
- aside
- bar
- barring
- clannish
- count
- discount
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- exclusivity
- freezesomeoneout
- leavesomething/someoneoffsomething
- ostracize
- otherwise
- out of itidiom
- outlier
- overdiscount
- stand-alone
Idioms
out ofyourmind/head
out of it