out of可以表示原因：由于，出于……原因；因为，
相当于：because of
He acted out of jealousy.
他那样做是出于吃醋。
She did it out of pity.
她这样做是出于怜悯。
Taking a shot at him out of jealousy, right?
因为嫉妒暗算他，对吗？
I don't want anybody to help me out of pity.
我不要任何人出于怜悯来帮助我。
I helped her out of love, not out of pity.
我帮助她是出于爱，而不是出于同情。
Her sympathy grew out of understanding.
她的同情是由于理解而产生的。
He copied something new out of this book.他从这本书里摘抄了些新的内容。
They helped you out of pity.他们基于同情而帮助了你。
He went only out of curiosity.他仅仅是由于好奇心才去的.
He made this table out of an old box.他用一个旧木箱做成了这张桌子。
We did this out of necessary.我们出于需要做了这件事。
注意：out o还有许多含义和用法，前期文章有论述，欢迎查阅。
