out of sorts 心情不佳

說明:

sort 是名詞。解「種類」,比如 a good sort,意思是「某人」。

不過其原來的意思卻是解「命運」。因此,out of sorts 可以解作「不舒服」、「心情不佳」。

注意:sort 要有 “s”,複數型。out of sorts 是 prepositional phrase,當形容詞用,動詞用 ve。

例子:

I have been out of sorts with a bad cold.

Tom is out of sorts now because his wife has been scolding him for hours.


by Thomas Shum