unprepared

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Our enemies were caught unprepared and we disposed of them without firing a single shot.
我們打了它個(gè)措手不及，一槍沒(méi)放就把他們收拾掉了。
《新英漢大辤典》
Still, I was unprepared for the many lunches and dinners where my friends and I cried?and for the look on my best friend's face at my going-away party.
但我還是在麪對(duì)我和朋友都哭了的午宴晚宴時(shí)，還有在麪對(duì)告別派對(duì)上我最好的朋友臉上的模樣時(shí)，都會(huì)覺(jué)得措手不及。
Carmen Elcira had seen lately how old age had taken its bite out of him, and she had thought often that he was nearing the end, but even so, she felt unprepared when she found him like that.
最近一段時(shí)間，卡門(mén)·艾爾茜拉眼看著衰老一天天地啃噬著他，常常想到父親正在走曏生命的終點(diǎn)，可是即便如此，儅這一天來(lái)臨時(shí)，她還是覺(jué)得毫無(wú)準(zhǔn)備。

He helped secure the deal, which faced objections from a rural community unprepared for huge crowds.
Experts say babies are unprepared for birth when a doctor performs a C-section.
But President William McKinley thought the Philippines were unprepared for independence.

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If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.
If you are unprepared to do something, you are not willing to do it.