Subject：The phone was out of whack.

迷你对话

A: Hello! Is that Jane?

您好，您是Jane吗？

B: Yes. Oh, it is Shirley. You have not connected me for a whole month.

是的，你是Shirley。你已经整整一个月没有联系了。

A: My phone was out of whack. I just had it mended a few minutes ago.

我的电话坏了，几分钟前刚刚修好。

地道表达

out of whack

1. 解词释义

此语用来形容“不正常、不对劲”的情形，所以下次发现有什么不对劲的情况，除了用something wrong、out of order之外，你还可以说的更地道：out of whack。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The television report on the weather is always out of whack with the weather we actually get.

电视台的天气预报总与实际的天气情况不一致。

e.g. You're acting out of whack!

你的行为真是不正常!

e.g. Don't bother trying to call me on my mobile.It's out of whack again.

不要打我的手机，它又出问题了。

e.g. The ecosystem will be thrown out of whack.

生态系统将会失去平衡。