Subject：The phone was out of whack.

迷你對話

A: Hello! Is that Jane?

您好，您是Jane嗎？

B: Yes. Oh, it is Shirley. You have not connected me for a whole month.

是的，你是Shirley。你已經整整一個月沒有聯系了。

A: My phone was out of whack. I just had it mended a few minutes ago.

我的電話壞了，幾分鐘前剛剛修好。

地道表達

out of whack

1. 解詞釋義

此語用來形容“不正常、不對勁”的情形，所以下次發現有什么不對勁的情況，除了用something wrong、out of order之外，你還可以說的更地道：out of whack。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The television report on the weather is always out of whack with the weather we actually get.

電視臺的天氣預報總與實際的天氣情況不一致。

e.g. You're acting out of whack!

你的行為真是不正常!

e.g. Don't bother trying to call me on my mobile.It's out of whack again.

不要打我的手機，它又出問題了。

e.g. The ecosystem will be thrown out of whack.

生態系統將會失去平衡。