off-key

No , no , no. This won 't do . Someone is off-key .

不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。

Sheila was singing loudly in an off-key soprano .

希拉正用走调的女高音在大声唱着。

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。

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。

It 's against the law to sing off-key .

唱歌走音是非法的（大家都别唱了╮（╯▽╰）╭）

Even your apology is off-key .

连你的道歉都走音了

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。

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。

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。

Some of his remarks were very off-key .

他有些话说得很不得体。

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。