out 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)

单词	out of action
释义	out of action out 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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