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While Internet addiction is not yet considered a clinical diagnosis here, there’s no question that American youths are plugged in and tuned out of “live” action for many more hours of the day than experts consider healthy for normal development.

Television, long a popular “babysitter,” remains the dominant medium, but computers, tablets and cellphones are gradually taking over.

问题一：文中的tune out是一个固定搭配，并没有和of连用，比如 She tuned out the noise and concentrated on her work.

这里并没有使用"tuned out of the noise"。请问文中的"tuned out of live action"为什么可以加"of"？

问题二：long在文中是什么意思？

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最佳答案 2021-05-22 12:45

1 你忽略了时态，导致你对动词用法判断失误。American youths are plugged in and tuned out of “live” action for many more hours of the day...注意第一个谓语动词为一般现在时被动语态，不可能在and 后和一般过去时的谓语并列。结合你在词典中查不到 turn out of sth的用法，你就应该知道你的分析是错误的。其实turned out of 承前省略了助动词are, 即 and are turned out of sth. 这是被动语态。然后你查词典 turn sb out of sth. 迫使某人离开某处。即美国年轻人打游戏，这种行为迫使他们离开了现实生活（live action)而沉溺于虚拟世界中。