a)WRONG/UNSUITABLEnot suitable for a particular situation or occasion 不适当;不相称
He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions.
社交聚会时他似乎从不觉得自己格格不入。
The paintings looked strangely out of place.
那些画看上去古里古怪的,显得很不协调。
b)PLACEnot in the correct or usual position 不在适当[通常]的位置上
The kitchen was spotlessly clean, with nothing out of place.
厨房一尘不染,井井有条。
Examples from the Corpus
out of place• Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the SovietCommunistera.• She says that it looks a bitout of place in Charlton Kings.• He's a bit out of place here.• We would therefore have felt out of place wearing business suits.• Oseary later attended Beverly Hills High, where he felt out of place among the richkids.• Look at that! You got all of my notesout of place!• Shakespeare in Love could seem out of place here-but it reinforces this process in other ways.• I felt totally out of place at Cindy's wedding.• A Yakut tribesman was out of place in Irkutsk.