out (of sth)away from or not at work or home不在工作地点；外出；不在家◆Mrs Kanu is out of the office this week.卡努夫人本周不在办公室。◆He isn't answering the phone—he must have gone out.他不接电话 ── 他一定出去了。available to buy for the first time面市◆The latest version will be out next month.最新的版本将于下月面市。 () () on strike罢工◆The dockers stayed out for several months.码头工人罢工了数月。not correct or exact; wrong错误；不准确◆The estimate was out by more than $2 million.这个估计差了 200 多万元。 () if a machine is out, it is not working（机器）不运转 () no longer fashionable过时◆This style of jacket is out now.这种上衣的款式现在已过时。out (of sth)used to show that sth/sb is removed from a place, job, etc除掉；清除◆Shareholders want the board out.股东们希望董事会下台。●out of ˈline (with sb/sth)different from sth不一致；不符◆Assets can get out of line with incomes.资产可能与收入不符。◆The fees are not out of line with the market.这些费用符合市场情况。●out of sthused to show that sb does not have sth没有；缺少◆I was out of work for six months.我失业六个月了。◆We're out of printer paper—I'll order some more.我们没有打印纸了 ── 我要再订一些。from a particular number or set从（某个群体）中◆Nine out of ten people we asked said they would buy this product.我们询问的十个人当中，有九人表示他们会买这种产品。●ˌout of the ˈbox(about a system or device) not requiring much effort to prepare it for use（系统或设备）开箱即用◆The mouse can be used straight out of the box.鼠标可以直接使用。◆The software is a complete out-of-the-box solution for document management.这套软件是用于文档管理的开箱即用完整解决方案。➡ idiom at jury clean-out earn-out face out first in, first out fold-out last in, first out mail-out opt-out roll-out sell-out shake-out share-out spin-out stock-out