学个词Learn a Word 第1042期 Out of line

今天我们要学的词是out of line。 Out of line, 可以用来指行为举止过份，出格。 "The candidate¹ was clearly out of line by using personal attacks in the debate," 这个候选人在辩论中进行人身攻击的做法显然是有些过头了。 "The coach's disciplinary methods were way out of line," 教练惩罚队员的方式简直是太出格了。 "The magazine was certainly out of line by publishing the unverified story," 杂志社在没有对消息加以证实的情况下决定发表，这种做法绝对是不合适的。好的，今天我们学习的词是out of line...

 

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n.候选人；候补者；投考者，申请求职者

参考例句：

• Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
• The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。