| 词汇 | out of the way |
| 释义 | out of the wayout of the way 1 → out-of-the-way 2 a) (also out of somebody’s way) if someone or something is out of the way, they are somewhere where they are not likely to cause a problem, need attention, be annoying etc 不碍事 move/put/push etc something out of the way Why don’t you tie your hair back, out of the way? 你为什么不把头发扎到后面去，省得碍事？ If Uncle Tom had been drinking, I kept out of his way. 要是汤姆叔叔喝过酒，我就不去惹他。 When Mac was safely out of the way, Peter came round. 马克总算不再碍事了，又来了个彼得。 b) if a particular matter, job etc is out of the way, it has been done or dealt with 结束了，处理完了 I’d rather get the interview out of the way in the morning. 我宁愿上午就完成面试。 As soon as the contract’s out of the way, we can start. 合同一签完，我们就可以开始了。 c) a place that is out of the way is far from any towns 远离城镇的，偏远的 Examples from the Corpus get ... out of the way• I suspect that if the government gets out of the way, more charities will eagerly fill whatever gap is created.• But just getting out of the way of good ideas, important as it is, will not be enough.• People got out of the way of it I noticed.• As for the candidates, they can serve us best by moderating their rhetoric and simply getting out of the way.• Last week he was walking through us and we didn't get out of the way in time.• He told police it was too dark to tell whether the woman attempted to get out of the way.• And try to get out of the way fast as the trolleys thunder through.• We trudged across the main shipping lane with tankers and coasters hooting irritably at us to get out of the way. → out of the way at way1(2) |
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