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单词 out of joint
释义 out of joint
phrasal
1.
 a. of a bone : having the head slipped from its socket
 b. : being out of adjustment or harmony : being at odds : unsuitable, inconsistent
  < production costs are now entirely out of joint with retail prices — Jack Morpurgo >
  < impractical, romantic, and wholly out of joint with their times — W.P.Webb >
2.
 a. : being in an unsatisfactory or disordered state : unpropitious
  < the times are out of joint >
 b. : being out of humor : disgruntled, dissatisfied
  < find themselves a little out of joint with the party arrangements — Sir Winston Churchill >
  < the Ministry are much out of joint — Thomas Gray >
  < must have been many noses put out of joint — Alvin Johnson >
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