| 单词 | unprepared |
| 释义 | unprepared (ʌnprɪpeəʳd ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens. I was totally unprepared for the announcement on the next day. [+ for] Faculty members complain that their students are unprepared to do college-level work. We were caught completely unprepared. Synonyms: taken off guard, caught napping [informal], unready, surprised 2. adjective If you are unprepared to do something, you are not willing to do it. They are unprepared to accept the real reasons for their domestic and foreign situation. He was unprepared to co-operate, or indeed to communicate. Synonyms: unwilling, reluctant, loath, opposed Collocations: utterly unprepared His desire to be a 'spontaneous traveller' with his consequent lack of preparation (despite our best efforts) meant he was utterly unprepared for the reality of travelling alone. Times, Sunday Times Over the next five weeks, the poorly trained and ill-equipped men found themselves utterly unprepared for the extremely harsh conditions found in the jungle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The men found themselves utterly unprepared for the extremely harsh conditions found in the jungle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She may have done well at her prep school, won prizes for sport and sung like an angel, but she was wholly unprepared for what followed. Times, Sunday Times Without addressing key issues, 'we will remain wholly unprepared for the next epidemic, which might very well be more devastating, virulent, and transmissible than ebola or previous disease outbreaks'. Times, Sunday Times Media scrutiny arrived, too, something for which he was wholly unprepared. Times, Sunday Times At the time, emergency teams were wholly unprepared. Times, Sunday Times The city's inhabitants had not expected such a force and were wholly unprepared to resist it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we remain woefully unprepared for dealing with good fortune. Smithsonian Society and sport were woefully unprepared for the cesspit that social media can be. The Sun This has left many families woefully unprepared for the trouble to come. Times, Sunday Times By providing a modicum of order and prosperity, as well as a social safety net, to a nation woefully unprepared for independence and economic transition. The Times Literary Supplement With two days to go before businesses have to comply with new government regulations on cutting carbon emissions, most companies are woefully unprepared, surveys show. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 无准备的 Japanese: 準備ができていない～に対する |
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