昨天一大早儿来到公司，就感觉气氛有点儿怪，大家都闷着头儿不说话......没眼力见儿的小李还要找领导去签字儿，外教 Tony 赶紧拦住了他，说了一句: "Don't bother him, he's out of sorts this morning."

相信看到这儿大家都会问了，这个"out of sorts"到底是个啥意思？其实这里Tony用了一句地道的短语，就是"身体不适、情绪不佳、没精打采"的意思，用咱们通俗的话来讲就是"不对劲、闹脾气、宝宝不开心"啦！所以刚才他是在说"别去打扰老板，他一大早儿就气儿不顺呢。"

out of sorts

na. 觉得不舒服；情绪不好；不开心; 没有精神；身体不适；心情不佳；心绪不佳；没精打采；不对劲；闹脾气

【En】If you are out of sorts, you feel slightly unwell, upset, or annoyed. 如果你心情不好，你会觉得有点不舒服，心烦意乱，或者生气。not in normal good health, temper, etc. 不正常的健康状况、脾气等。feeling a little ill or upset. 感觉有点不舒服或不安。in an unhappy mood. 心情不愉快。

【Scenario Listening 场景听力】

● I've been feeling tired and headachy and generally out of sorts.

我一直感到疲倦和头痛，而且总的来说不舒服。

● I've been feeling a bit out of sorts lately.

我最近感觉有点不舒服。

● Louise went back to work feeling rather out of sorts.

露易丝回去工作时心情不太好。

● Quinn returned home that evening out of sorts.

那天晚上奎因心情不好回家了。

● She is feeling a bit out of sorts.

她感到有点不舒服。

● I think something is bugging John, because he's been rather out of sorts lately.

我想有什么事在困扰着约翰，因为他最近一直情绪不高。

● After living in Florida for so long, these awful Minnesota winters leave me feeling out of sorts.

在佛罗里达住了那么久，明尼苏达的冬天让我感到很不舒服。

● Don't ask him today — he's out of sorts.

今天别问他，他心情不好。

● He returned to his motel room feeling ill-tempered and out of sorts.

他回到汽车旅馆房间，感到脾气暴躁，心情不好。

● The teacher is out of sorts this morning.

老师今天上午心情不好。

【Scenario Example 场景示例】

● Peter overslept this morning and has been out of sorts all day.

彼得今天早上睡过头了，一整天都精神不佳。

● But he was out of work and out of sorts.

可是他失业了，心情也不好。

● Paul Miller is feeling a bit out of sorts.

保罗·米勒感觉有点不舒服。

● Mandy explained that she'd been feeling out of sorts and had overreacted.

曼迪解释说她一直感觉不舒服，反应过度。

● I've been out of sorts for a day or two. I think I'm coming down with something.

我已经有一两天不舒服了。我想我得了什么病。