kilter

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kilter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++kil·ter /ˈkɪltə $ -ər/ noun out of kilter/off kilter CORRECT#not working as well as usual 失常，失调 Pollution has thrown the Earth’s chemistry out of kilter. 污染使得地球的化学组成失调。

kil·ter nounChineseSyllable

kilter
kil‧ter /ˈkɪltə $ -ər/

noun
out of kilter/off kilter not working as well as usual:

Pollution has thrown the Earth’s chemistry out of kilter.

kil·ter

BrE

/ˈkɪltə(r)/

NAmE

/ˈkɪltər/

noun

[uncountable]

●out of ˈkilter

not agreeing with or the same as sth else （与…）不一致，不同

◆His views are out of kilter with world opinion. 他的观点与世人的看法不一样。

no longer continuing or working in the normal way 不正常；失常

◆Long flights throw my sleeping pattern out of kilter for days. 长途飞行把我的睡眠习惯打乱了好几天。