out of question 与out of the question 有什么区别
out of question 是没问题.相当于:no problem.
out of the question 是:不值得讨论的,不可能的.
前者表示没问题,毫无疑问,表示肯定;后者表示不可能,表示否定。
例:Her kindness was out of question.她的善心是毫无疑问的。
out of the question意为"不可能",是个形容词短语(相当于impossible),常用于以下情况:
1.充当句子主语的不是it或that,而是更加具体的名词或动名词。
例:They were too weak and returning to school was out of the question.他们太虚弱了,再返回学校是不可能了。
2.用在口语中。
-Oh, darling, don't you just do this once? 啊,亲爱的,你难道就不能这么做一次吗?
-Absolutely out of the question! 绝对不行!