Question

这里的out of the way什么意思

情景：某人申请表，填完后，工作人员希望她再帮忙配合进行一个调查，这样对话：
工作人员：could you tell me your date of birth please?
mouren :25.july,1977
工作人员：That’s the most important part out of the way, but could I just ask you a few questions for a survey we’re conducting?
请高手给看看，最后一句中的out of the way是什么意思呢？谢谢~~~

Answer 1

这里是解决、处理的意思。就是说最重要的事情已经处理了，下面blabla
这个短语用法很多，常见的有五种：

1. 没有阻挡，不碍事：
This chair is out of the way now, so you won't trip.
Would you please get your coat out of the way?
Get your car out of my way.

2. 被照顾到；解决了；处理掉了。
I'm glad we got these details out of the way.

3. 形容地点过于偏远。
This restaurant is a little out of the way.

4. 不寻常
It was out of the way for him to praise his staff.

5. 有问题，有错误
The security guard checked all the locks and saw nothing out of the way.

Answer 2

out of the way是指“不恰当的”，作part的后置定语。你再看后半句，有个but，说明工作人员都认为这不恰当，但是又囿于that’s the most important part，事情又必须进行，所以只好问了。

Answer 3

有上下文才能较好地判断意思，out of the way可以理解成“让路”、“偏离”、“专门费力（去做某事）”等意思