out of hand
英語
編輯副詞
編輯out of hand (比較級 more out of hand，最高級 most out of hand)
- 不假思索地，未經深思熟慮地
- 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.
- 所涵蓋的問題範圍很廣，有的可以直接回答，有的需要思考並至少進行第二次訪談，還有的需要用理論統計學進一步研究。
- 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.
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- (現罕用) 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 [...].
- 於是下命令將黃銅城門開啟，/這扇城門長時間來一直關閉。/宣告舉國進入和平歡樂時期， […] 。
- 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.
- 現在，任何一個男人如果發現自己的女兒被他人蓄意謀殺，而怒不可遏，則可以在不受法律程序的約束和情況限制的情況下，突然、立即殺死他，而不會因此承擔被司法官員判處有期徒刑或逮捕的危險。
形容詞
編輯out of hand (比較級 more out of hand，最高級 most out of hand)
- 失控，不受控制
- 反義詞：in hand
- 近義詞：chaotic、messy、uncontrolled、uncontrollable
- Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.
- 邊走邊清理，以免雜亂的東西失控。
- 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.
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- 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?
- 謝潑德：少校，聯盟派我來接你。難道你看不出來事情已經失控了嗎？難道你不明白你正在危及你的追隨者嗎？