out of joint

混乱───confusion;状态───state

In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.───混乱之中,没有人注意到她走了.

His speech flung the meeting into confusion.───他的发言使会场一片混乱.

In the ensuing confusion another eight persons were hurt.───在随后的骚动中,又有八人受伤.

Instead, the session has sowed confusion.───相反，这次会议却引发了混乱。

Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.───科林斯想要避免1989年发现囊肿性纤维化致病基因后的那种混乱局面再次出现。

to be caught in a spider's web of confusion───陷入混乱不堪的局面

Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.───他们身后响起一片嘈杂声，也许还有枪击声，但他不能确定。

A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face.───他英俊的脸上掠过一丝大惑不解的神情。

Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.

His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.

The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.

There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost.

The new event threw them into confusion.