They jogged in silence a while, faces lowered, out of step.他们低着头，一言不发地慢跑了一会儿，步伐也不一致。He's out of step with the rest of us.他和我们大家步伐不大谐调.Tom is out of step with the times.汤姆跟不上时代的步伐....
Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.带我儿子彼得外出吃饭简直糟糕透了。In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare....