be out of order

a) BROKENif a machine or piece of equipment is out of order, it is not working 〔机器或设备〕发生故障，失灵

The phone is out of order again.

电话又坏了。

b) British EnglishBrE informalWRONG/UNSUITABLE if someone’s behaviour is out of order, it is unacceptable 〔举止〕不当 SYN American English out of line

c) WRONG/INCORRECTto be breaking the rules in a committee, court, parliament etc 违反〔委员会、法庭、议会等的〕规程

The MP’s remarks were ruled out of order.

该议员的言论被裁定为违反规程。

In everyday English, people usually say that a machine or piece of equipment is not working or is broken rather than out of order: 在日常英语中，表示机器或设备发生故障时，人们一般说not working或broken，而不说out of order

The phone’s not working.

电话坏了。

Examples from the Corpus

be out of order• Oh no, the copy machine's out of order.• Sit down Mr. Phillips! You're out of order.• Some of the pages were out of order.• At last he called the operator and asked whether the phone was out of order.• Father, something is out of order here.• A campaign speech is out of order.• The toilets are almost always out of order.• Every phone I tried was out of order.• The sobbing woman is out of order, embarrassing, unreasonable.

→ be out of order at order1(1)

单词	be out of order
释义	be out of order be out of order a) BROKENif a machine or piece of equipment is out of order, it is not working 〔机器或设备〕发生故障，失灵 The phone is out of order again. 电话又坏了。 b) British EnglishBrE informalWRONG/UNSUITABLE if someone’s behaviour is out of order, it is unacceptable 〔举止〕不当 SYN American English out of line c) WRONG/INCORRECTto be breaking the rules in a committee, court, parliament etc 违反〔委员会、法庭、议会等的〕规程 The MP’s remarks were ruled out of order. 该议员的言论被裁定为违反规程。 Register In everyday English, people usually say that a machine or piece of equipment is not working or is broken rather than out of order: 在日常英语中，表示机器或设备发生故障时，人们一般说not working或broken，而不说out of order The phone’s not working. 电话坏了。 Examples from the Corpus be out of order• Oh no, the copy machine's out of order.• Sit down Mr. Phillips! You're out of order.• Some of the pages were out of order.• At last he called the operator and asked whether the phone was out of order.• Father, something is out of order here.• A campaign speech is out of order.• The toilets are almost always out of order.• Every phone I tried was out of order.• The sobbing woman is out of order, embarrassing, unreasonable. → be out of order at order1(1)
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