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out of hand (比較級 more out of hand最高級 most out of hand)

  1. 不假思索地,未經深思熟慮
    近義詞:offhand
    • 1948, University of Michigan Official Publication.[2], UM Libraries,第 175 頁:
      The questions covered ranged from those that could be answered out of hand, through those requiring some thought and at least a second interview, to those which presented matters for further research in theoretical statistics.
      所涵盖的问题范围很广,有的可以直接回答,有的需要思考并至少进行第二次访谈,还有的需要用理论统计学进一步研究。
    • 1954, Justice of the peace and local government review reports.[3]:
      I still think that advice is sound, because, if justices do decide a case out of hand on the complainant's case, it is argued, as in the present appeal, that they have ruled, as a matter of law, that there was no case to answer.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯
  2. (罕用) 立即立刻[1]
    近義詞:offhand
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, 譯者 邢怡, The Faerie Queene [仙后], 北京时代华文书局, I.xii:
      He bad to open wyde his brazen gate, / Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond / Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his state [...].
      于是下命令将黄铜城门开启,/这扇城门长时间来一直关闭。/宣告举国进入和平欢乐时期, []
    • 1653, Francois Rabelais (佚名譯), The works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, doctor in physick[4], 第 2 卷, Navarre society, London:
      Now any Man finding in hot Blood, one who with a fore-thought Felony hath murthered his Daughter, may, without tying himself to the Formalities and Circumstances of a Legal Proceeding, kill him on a sudden, and out of hand, without incurring any hazard of being attainted and apprehended by the Officers of Justice for so doing.
      现在,任何一个男人如果发现自己的女儿被他人蓄意谋杀,而怒不可遏,则可以在不受法律程序的约束和情况限制的情况下,突然、立即杀死他,而不会因此承担被司法官员判处有期徒刑或逮捕的危险。

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out of hand (比較級 more out of hand最高級 most out of hand)

  1. 失控,不受控制
    反義詞:in hand
    近義詞:chaoticmessyuncontrolleduncontrollable
    Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.
    边走边清理,以免杂乱的东西失控
    • 1892, James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, The life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra[5], London Chapman & Hall, 出版於 1892:
      Figueiredo's troops got out of hand and disgraced themselves by mutilating the Spanish dead and wounded on the field of battle.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC,PC,幕:Presrop:
      Shepard: The Alliance sent me to bring you in, Major. Can't you see this has gotten out of hand? Don't you understand you're endangering your followers?
      谢泼德:少校,联盟派我来接你。难道你看不出来事情已经失控了吗?难道你不明白你正在危及你的追随者吗?

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  1. John Rider. Dictionarie, Corrected and Augmented with the Addition of Many Hundred Words (etc.) Now Newly Corr. and Much Augm. by Francis Holy-Oke [1] 1640 pub. Waterstone