时间:2019-03-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


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 美国习惯用语第850:行为不检点(音频)


out of line
这个周末我去参加一个派对,其中一个客人显然是喝多了,居然去骚扰另一位客人的太太。 那位太太一气之下甩了他一巴掌。我看是活该。
这个人的行为可以说是: out of line. Out of line这个习惯用语由三个很简单的英文词组成。Out, 外面;line, 线,界限;那么out of line很容易理解,就是超越了界限。
说一个人out of line,就是行为不检点。比如我上次碰到的那个醉酒的男子,骚扰别人的妻子。 这种行为就是: out of line, he shouldn't have been acting 1 like that; he was out of line.
下面我们再举个例子。有一位父亲在足球场的行为超越了界限而遭到其他父母的非议:
例句-1:Some parents don't know how to behave. At my son's football game, one player's dad ran onto the field and started screaming at the referee 2 about a call he didn't agree with. He was so out of line. I don't blame the officials for banning him from the stands for the rest of the season. What he did was unacceptable.
有的父母就是不懂得控制自己的行为。在我儿子的足球比赛上,有一个球员的父亲觉得裁判的判决不公平,所以就冲到足球场上,对着裁判大喊大叫。后来球队决定禁止他在本赛季观看比赛。他的行为让人无法容忍。
其实很多父母都会这样,看孩子比赛太投入了,常常就会做出一些缺乏理智的举动,明明是大人,行为却幼稚得像小孩子。
小孩也应该有大人正确引导,才不会行为出轨。有一天我走在路上,一只篮球滚到我脚边。有个孩子命令我说"把篮球给我扔过来",我提醒他要加上一个"请"字,可是他既没有道歉,也没说"请",自己把篮球捡起来转身就跑了。 这种行为在我看来就是out of line。
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很多学生大学毕业要申请工作,走入社会。申请工作要面试,考官可以问你哪些问题,哪些问题又会out of line呢?
例句-2:What can a potential employer 3 ask you? It's fair enough for an interviewer to inquire 4 about your job history and education. Yet questions about your age, religion and political views are way out of line. You never have to answer them. Not only are they inappropriate, but they are also illegal.
你未来的雇主可以问你哪些问题呢? 面试官有权询问有关你的工作经历和教育程度方面的问题。但是如果他问你的年龄、宗教信仰和政治立场,那就大大超越界限了。这种问题不仅不恰当,而且不合法。
注意刚才这个人不仅仅是说,他说,way out of line. 这里的way就是非常或者很严重的意思。 
我们还可以在out of line前面用动词get; 和step; 表示超越了界限, get out of line;  step out of line. 例如: If that unruly father steps out of line next season, he might never be allowed to watch another football game.

n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.裁判员.仲裁人,代表人,鉴定人
  • The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
  • The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。
n.雇用方,雇主
  • My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。
  • His monthly salary is paid into the bank by his employer.他的月薪由雇主替他存入银行。
v.(of, about)询问,打听;调查,查问
  • You can inquire of your new neighbors where the post office is.你可以问问你的新邻居邮局在哪儿。
  • He went to the hospital to inquire about her.他到医院去打听她的情况。
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