"out of sight" 最基础的意思是 “看不见;在视线之外”,强调某物/人从观察者的视野中消失或无法被看到。
根据语境不同,"out of sight" 可延伸出不同含义,以下是常见用法:
用于描述物体或人因距离、遮挡等原因无法被看到。
结构:常与 "be/keep/put... out of sight" 搭配,表示“使…看不见”;或直接作表语/状语。
例句:
The plane flew higher and higher until it was out of sight.(飞机越飞越高,直到看不见。)
Please put the chocolate out of sight—I’m trying to diet.(请把巧克力放到看不见的地方——我在减肥。)
We walked until the village was out of sight behind us.(我们一直走,直到村庄消失在身后的视线中。)
用于描述人或事不再被公众、他人注意或提及(类似“淡出视野”)。
例句:
After the movie’s release, the actor quickly fell out of sight (and out of mind).(电影上映后,这位演员很快就淡出了人们的视野。)
The old issue has been out of sight for years, but it’s still a problem.(这个老问题已经被遗忘多年,但依然存在。)
在口语中,"out of sight" 可表示对事物的高度赞美,相当于“awesome”“amazing”。
例句:
That concert last night was out of sight!(昨晚的演唱会太炸了!)
Your new skateboard trick is out of sight—how did you learn that?(你新的滑板动作太酷了——怎么学的?)
"Out of sight, out of mind":经典谚语,意为“眼不见,心不烦”(指人或事不在眼前时,容易被忘记)。
例句:I don’t miss my old job at all—out of sight, out of mind!(我一点也不想念旧工作——眼不见心不烦!)
"out of sight" 是介词短语,通常作表语、状语或补足语,不直接修饰名词;
俚语用法仅适用于口语,正式场合需避免;
若要强调“在…的视线之外”,可加介词 of,即 "out of sight of sb./sth.":
The boat sailed out of sight of the coast by noon.(到中午时,船已经驶到了海岸的视线之外。)
总结:"out of sight" 是一个灵活的短语,核心是“脱离视线”,但需根据语境判断具体含义——是“物理上看不见”“被遗忘”,还是“口语中的赞美”。