off-key

adj.

1. 走调；不和谐
   not in tune
2. 不得体；不相宜；不恰当；不适当
   not suitable or correct in a particular situation
   1. Some of his remarks were very off-key.
      他有些话说得很不得体。

1. ADJ-GRADED （音乐）走调的，不和谐的，不协调的
   When music is off-key, it is not in tune.
   1. ...wailing, off-key vocals and strangled guitars...
      悲戚走调的歌声与哽咽的吉他声
   2. No, no, no. This won't do. Someone is off-key.
      不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。
   3. Off-key is also an adverb.
      
   4. Moe was having fun banging the drums and singing off-key.
      莫自得其乐地一边敲着鼓，一边不成调地唱着歌。

1. No, no, no. This won't do. Someone is off-key.
   不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。
2. For much of the globe this involves sipping bubbly with friends until the sun comes up, seeing out the old year with bonfires and flares and off-key renditions of Auld Lang Syne.
   对于世界上许多人而言，庆祝新年就是和朋友一起彻夜不眠，喝着香槟酒，在篝火前哼着跑调的《友谊天长地久》，欣赏着辞旧迎新的烟花，直到新年的太阳升起。
3. There is also good news for those forced to listen: the technology will be able to make off-key warbling sound in-tune.
   这对于那些被动听这些业余歌手唱歌的人来说无异于是一种福音，因为该技术能够让经常跑调的人找到调子。
4. Sheila was singing loudly in an off-key soprano.
   希拉正用走调的女高音在大声唱着。
5. When George told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off-key.
   乔治在追悼会上说笑话，大家都认为他太不识大体了。
6. Some of his remarks were very off-key.
   他有些话说得很不得体。
7. She spent hours playing her old, off-key piano.
   她许多时候都在弹她那架又旧变调的钢琴。
8. We sang carols in loud, off-key voices, saved only by that amazing soprano.
   我们大家用走了调的嗓子高声唱着圣诞颂歌，除了那动人心魄的女高音。
9. When there is harmonization ( even if everyone is harmonizing off-key), there will be tremendous pressure to retain the status-quo.
   当需要协调时，要保留原有的状态需要面临巨大的压力。

adj

1. inaccurate in pitch
   1. a false (or sour) note
   2. her singing was off key

   Synonym:    falsesour