out of
preposition uk/ˈaʊt ˌəv/ us/ˈaʊt ˌəv/
(NO LONGER IN)
out of somewhere/somethingA2 不在（某处）;不处于（某种情况）
no longer in a stated place or condition
An apple rolled out of the bag. 一个苹果从包里滚了出来。
Professor Aitchison is out of town this week. 艾奇逊教授这星期不在城里。
The patient is now out of danger. 病人现在脱离了危险。
The coffee machine is out of order (= does not work). 咖啡机出了故障。
Both she and her husband are out of work (= no longer have jobs). 她和丈夫都失业了。
For most of her childhood, her father was in and out of jail.
Most mornings, it's only the thought of a hot cup of coffee that gets me out of bed.
To be honest, I think it was football that kept him out of trouble during those years.
(MADE FROM)
B1 (also of)由…制成;由…构成
used to show what something is made from
The dress was made out of velvet. 这条裙子是用天鹅绒做的。
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- He made a hat for himself out of newspaper.
- Helmets and bullet-proof vests are often made out of Kevlar.
- He carves garden ornaments out of wood and sells them.
- The cake decorations are made out of sugar, so you can eat them if you like.
- Didn't you know that butter was made out of milk?
(BECAUSE OF)
B2 出于，因为
used to show the reason why someone does something
I took the job out of necessity because we had no money left. 我不得已接受了这份工作，因为我们没钱了。
You might like to come and see what we're doing out of interest (= because I think you might be interested). 你也许有兴趣来看看我们在做什么。
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- We didn't publish the details, out of consideration for the victim's family.
- She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity.
- He only went to see her out of duty.
- Just out of interest, how old is your wife?
- She finished with him and, out of revenge, he told her husband about their affair.
(FROM AMONG)
B1 从（某个数量或数字）中
from among an amount or number
Nine out of ten people said they liked the product. 10个人中有9个说他们喜欢这产品。
No one got 20 out of 20 (= all the answers correct) in the test. 这次测试，没有人20道题全都答对。
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- Out of all my friends, she is the most ambitious.
- He's the only child out of the whole class who's not going on the school trip.
- I've heard that, out of all the applicants for the job, he was the only graduate.
- Nine out of ten cats prefer this brand of cat food, apparently.
- I should be able to find one dress out of all this lot that suits me.
(ORIGIN)
形容某事的起源（或来历）
used to describe where something came from or began
She dresses like a character out of a 19th-century novel. 她穿得犹如19世纪小说中的人物。
I paid for the computer out of (= using some of) my savings. 我用我的存款买了这台电脑。
(NOT INVOLVED)
[ after verb ]不再参与；退出
no longer involved in
I got out of the habit of riding my bike to work. 我已经改变了骑车上班的习惯。
Idioms
out of your mind/headidiom informal 极其愚蠢的;昏了头的;犯傻的
extremely silly
He must be out of his mind to have spent that much money on an old car! 他准是昏了头，花那么多钱在一辆旧汽车上！
out of itidiom informal （在酒精、药物或毒品的作用下）昏昏然的，无知觉的，昏迷的
not conscious of where you are or what condition you are in as a result of taking alcohol or drugs
She was lying on the sofa, totally out of it. 她躺在沙发上，完全失去了知觉。
（因为被排除在外而）不开心的，失落的
unhappy because you are not included in what is happening
I didn't know anyone at the party, and I felt really out of it. 聚会上我一个人也不认识，感觉很不是滋味。