out of touch

現実離れした

実際の生活状況や他人の必要としていることを理解していない。

やさしい英語で： If you do not understand real conditions or other people’s lives, your ideas may be unrealistic.

• These leaders are out of touch with ordinary people.
• His rent estimate showed how out of touch he was.
• Do you think the committee is out of touch with reality?

使い方： out of touch with something (The board seems out of touch with workers’ needs.)

類義語： unrealistic, disconnected

反対語： realistic

よく使う表現： completely out of touch, seem out of touch

連絡を取っていない

互いに話したり便りを交わしたりしなくなっている。

やさしい英語で： If people no longer speak or write to each other, they are no longer in contact.

• We have been out of touch for months.
• She was out of touch with her cousins until last summer.
• Have you been out of touch since he moved?

使い方： out of touch with someone (I have been out of touch with Sam for years.)

類義語： not in contact

反対語： in touch

よく使う表現： be out of touch, stay out of touch

時代遅れの

今の流行や関心事を知らず、考え方が古く見える。

やさしい英語で： If you know little about current fashions or popular interests, your ideas seem old.

• My uncle seems out of touch with modern fashion.
• I felt out of touch when everyone discussed the latest singers.
• Are these old jokes making us look out of touch?

使い方： out of touch with something (He is out of touch with current music.)

類義語： behind the times, outdated

反対語： up to date

よく使う表現： seem out of touch, be out of touch