释义 |
unpreˈpare, v. rare. [un-2 3 or un-1 14.] 1. trans. To undo the preparation of.
1598Florio, Sparecchiare, to vngarnish, to vnprepare, to vndecke. 2. To make unprepared; to unfit.
1645Milton Tetrach. 36 Nothing more unhallows a man, more unprepares him to the service of God in any duty. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 154 No business..can hinder any man..unless it be such as unprepares him for heaven. 1852Lever M. Tiernay iii, The gloom of the place..equally unprepared me for what was to come. |