| 词汇 | unprepared |
| 释义 | unpreparedWord family noun preparation preparations preparedness unpreparednessadjective prepared ≠ unprepared preparatory verb prepare adverbunpreparedly un·pre·pared /ˌʌnprɪˈpeəd◂ $ -ˈperd◂/ adjectiveadj 1 READY#not ready to deal with something 无准备的 unprepared for I was totally unprepared for the challenge which faced me. 对于面前的挑战我毫无准备。 2 unprepared to do something formal not willing to do something 不愿意做某事 They were unprepared to accept the conditions of the contract. 他们不愿意接受合同的条件。 Examples from the Corpus unprepared to do something• Many grandparents are financially unprepared to care for their grandchildren.• They were thus unprepared to deal with social and cultural problems of Tanganyikan hospitals in other than a technical fashion.• The ferry was unprepared to handle a disaster.• This also left certain Negro Volunteers unprepared to make the necessary adjustment, and led to the same kind of painful surprise.• When the four women finally did enroll last September, school officials were unwilling or unprepared to meet the challenge.• It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need.• And exposed unprepared to view a patient whose appearance caused me to warn a hardened policeman! Examples from the Corpus unprepared• Yet the handling of the report has made the government look fumbling and unprepared.• It can not be stopped, but it can stop the unwary or the unprepared.• The sudden, unprepared E Major Allegro that concludes the fourth and final movement seems a bit like kicking the corpse.• Gorbad, still weak from the wound suffered at Grunberg, was unprepared for a frontal assault.• When I told her the news, I was totally unprepared for her reaction.• She had been quite unprepared for his beauty and his otherness.• They have felt misunderstood and scapegoated, quite unprepared for the political and social dilemmas in which they were caught.• He found the Etonians snobbish, shallow, seemingly unprepared for the world as it was being transformed by the war.• Mexico was unprepared for war.• The study showed that 50% of the students were unprepared for work or college.• An unprepared passenger might be mangled by the door or might miss his stop altogether. totally unprepared• She may have been totally unprepared but she still managed to win her first round match quite comfortably.• Sadly, most people find themselves totally unprepared financially and the consequences of that can be disastrous.• I was totally unprepared for Delhi, yet old enough to understand what I saw.• Britain was totally unprepared for the cataclysm of the Franco-Prussian War late in 1870 and still less for its outcome. |
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