out of order

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Out of normal sequence. idiomatic
    — You've got my index cards out of order again.
  2. Not functioning properly; not in working order. idiomatic
    — The lift is always out of order.
  3. Inappropriate or unsuitable. idiomatic
    — I suppose my remarks about his wife were out of order.
  4. Not in order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
  5. untidy
    — Architas Tarentinus returning from a war, where he had beene Captaine generall, found his house all out of order, husbandrie all spoiled, and by the ill government of his Bailife, his ground all waste and unmanured […].
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