| 词汇 | out of action |
| 释义 | out of actionout of action BROKEN a) broken and not working 失灵，发生故障 The photocopier is out of action again. 复印机又出故障了。 b) injured and unable to do anything 〔受伤而〕不能做事 put/keep somebody out of action The injury will keep him out of action for a month. 这次受伤将使他一个月无法做事。 Examples from the Corpus out of action• She sustained a mild concussion in the game against the Xplosion, and was held out of action.• These were strategic points: a bombed bridge could put the line out of action for as long as a year.• I dropped my M 16 into the mud and was out of action for a few minutes.• A few moments later the two photographers came sheepishly to tell me that the video camera was out of action. → out of action at action1(2) |
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