单词 | unready |
释义 | unready (once / 13177 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unready: unreadily+/ready: readied, readier, readies, readiest, readily, readiness, readying, unready USAGE EXAMPLESLack of an "overarching government strategy" means a generation is leaving school unready for work, it argues. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) Military history is replete with examples of armies that, having won one kind of conflict, find themselves unready for something different. Wall Street Journal(Nov 18, 2016) We need to be aware of the less obvious consequences of premature education, including its harmful effect on brains that are unready to learn comfortably. Washington Post(Sep 30, 2016) adj not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond she cursed her unready tongue Syn|Ant unprepared without preparation; not prepared for flat-footedunprepared and unable to react quickly napping, off guard, off her guard, off his guard, off one's guard, off your guard, off-guardnot prepared or vigilant unripenot fully prepared ready completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress preparedmade ready or fit or suitable beforehand at the readyready for immediate use fit, primed, set(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed in orderin a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement promptready and willing or quick to act ripefully prepared or eager ready and waiting, waitingbeing and remaining ready and available for use willingdisposed or inclined toward |
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