一名经验丰富的老教师 Charles，这哥们儿的自我介绍倒是挺谦虚：“I haven't taught for a while so I'm a little out of touch. So, I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.”——我有段儿时间没教书了，都有点儿生疏了。所以，我希望很快就能掌握这些（技巧）如果有人愿意宽容我的话。
得嘞，今儿个就来跟大家说一下这个"out of touch"，其实从字面儿上就能猜个八九不离十了，"离开了接触"不就是跟某人和某事变得生疏了嘛，也就是“跟…脱节”啦。现在大家不都爱说“你 OUT 啦！”这个短语所表达的就是这个意思，表明某人已经"跟不上时代、太落伍啦~"
be out of touch (with)
lose touch (with something)
与…脱节；（通常因身居异地）失去联系、联络；不了解最新情况；落伍；生疏；一无所知；跟不上时代
【En】
to not have the latest knowledge about a subject, situation, or the way people feel.
指对某一主题、情况或人们的感受没有最新的了解。
Someone who is out of touch with a situation is not aware of recent changes in it.
不了解某一情况的人没有意识到最近的变化。
If you are out of touch with someone, you have not been in contact with them recently and are not familiar with their present situation.
如果你和某人失去了联系，那说明你最近没有和他们联系过，也不熟悉他们的现状。
to stop communicating with someone, usually because they do not live near you now.
停止与某人交流，通常是因为他们现在不住在你附近。
to not know much about modern life.
对现代生活知之甚少。
● Dad, you're so out of touch — no one listens to CDs anymore!
老爸，你真是太跟不上时代了——现在再也没人听CD了!
● John and I have been out of touch since high school, so I really have no idea what he's up to these days.
我和约翰从高中就失去联系了，所以我真的不知道他最近在忙些什么。
● I haven't taught for a while so I'm a little out of touch.
我有段时间没教书了，所以都有点儿生疏了。
● He is out of touch with the younger generation.
他与年轻一代脱节了。
● I don't know if he still lives there. We've been out of touch for some time.
我不知道他是否还住在那里。我们有一段时间没有联系了。
● She was totally out of touch with civilisation.
她完全脱离了文明社会。
● A few of the older teachers are completely out of touch with their students.
一些年长的老师完全不了解他们的学生。
● They accuse politicians of being out of touch with ordinary people.
他们指责政客与普通人脱节。
● I've been out of touch with my brother for many years.
我和我哥哥失去联系很多年了。
● If they really believe in this then they must be completely out of touch.
如果他们真的相信这一点，那么他们一定是完全脱离现实。
● James wasn't invited. We've been out of touch for years.
詹姆斯没有被邀请。我们已经多年没有联系了。
● I couldn't go back into mechanics because I've been out of touch for too long.
我无法回到机械行业，因为我已经与之脱节太久了。
● Wow, I haven't swung a bat in 10 years — I'm out of touch.
哇，我已经10年没挥过球棒了——我真是落伍了。
● I've been away from the business for several years and feel quite out of touch.
我已经离开公司好几年了，感觉很生疏。
● I don't think you realize just how harmful out-of-touch attitudes like that can be.
我觉得你没意识到那种脱离现实的态度有多有害。
● I'm out of touch with modern medicine.
我不太了解现代医学。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● We lost touch over the years.
我们这些年失去了联系。
● He's not really in touch with what young people are interested in.
他并不真正了解年轻人现在对什么感兴趣。
● I didn't see any news all the time I was on holiday, so I'm completely out of touch.
我在度假期间一直都没有看新闻，所以现在对外界一无所知。
● I don't know what kind of music kids listen to these days -- I'm really out of touch.
我不知道现在的孩子们听什么类型的音乐——我真的跟不上时代了。
● The press accused MacGregor of being out of touch with the campaign he was supposed to be running.
媒体指责麦格雷戈不了解他应该参加的竞选活动。
● I will be out of touch during my flight to Los Angeles.
在飞往洛杉矶的航班上，我将与你失去联系。
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