out-of-control
out-of-control — 慣用語
1. no longer able to be guided, limited, or calmed by the people responsible, so a
失控
局面或情緒再也無法被管住
no longer able to be guided, limited, or calmed by the people responsible, so a situation, crowd, or feeling grows worse on its own
The kitchen fire quickly got out of control before the firefighters could arrive.
在消防員趕到之前，廚房的火很快就失控了。
get out of control for a worsening physical situation
Tamar watched the small argument spin out of control into a shouting match.
Tamar 眼看那場小爭執失控，演變成互相叫罵。
spin out of control: a calm thing turning chaotic fast
House prices in the city have spiralled out of control over the past two years.
這座城市的房價在過去兩年裡漲到失控。
The crowd at the concert was out of control once the band stopped playing.
樂團一停止演奏，演唱會現場的群眾就失控了。
Hamza tried to calm the children, but their excitement was completely out of control.
Hamza 試著安撫孩子，但他們興奮得完全失控。
- unmanageable
more formal; stresses that no method works any longer
- chaotic
emphasises disorder and confusion rather than the loss of control itself
- wild
informal; often used of behaviour or parties that nobody is restraining
- under control
being successfully managed and kept within safe limits
- manageable
able to be dealt with without much difficulty
文法句型
get out of control
spin out of control
spiral out of control
be out of control
用法筆記
Usually follows verbs of change such as get, spin, or spiral, or the verb be. The subject is typically a situation, group of people, cost, or strong feeling that no one can manage any longer.
常見錯誤
out-of-control — 形容詞
1. describing something that has grown so fast or so wild that nobody is keeping it
失控的
放任蔓延、沒人約束的（接名詞）
describing something that has grown so fast or so wild that nobody is keeping it within safe or normal limits any more
Firefighters spent three days fighting the out-of-control blaze in the dry hills.
消防員花了三天，在乾燥的山丘上撲滅那場失控的大火。
out-of-control + noun (blaze) in attributive position
Dewi worried about the out-of-control spending in her small startup.
Dewi 很擔心她那間小新創公司失控的開銷。
out-of-control + spending / costs
The town finally cleared the out-of-control weeds choking the riverbank.
鎮上終於清除了河岸邊那些長到失控的雜草。
Neighbours complained about the out-of-control party next door at two in the morning.
鄰居們抱怨隔壁那場失控的派對，凌晨兩點還在鬧。
Sofia wrote a report on out-of-control housing costs across the region.
Sofia 寫了一份報告，談這個地區失控的房價。
- controlled
kept within careful, deliberate limits
- contained
stopped from spreading any further
文法句型
out-of-control + noun
an out-of-control situation
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively, directly before a noun such as fire, spending, party, or growth. For the predicative meaning ('the fire was out of control'), the unhyphenated phrase is used instead.