形容词不备; 无准备的; 尚未准备好的; 即兴的
1. 无准备的;没有预料的;措手不及的;没防备的
If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.
e.g. I was totally unprepared for the announcement on the next day...
我对第二天的通告完全没有心理准备。
e.g. Faculty members complain that their students are unprepared to do college-level work...
学院的老师们抱怨说他们的学生还很不适应大学的课业。
2. 不乐意的;不情愿的
If you are unprepared to do something, you are not willing to do it.
e.g. They are unprepared to accept the real reasons for their domestic and foreign situation...
他们不愿意接受造成这种国内外形势的真实原因。
e.g. He was unprepared to co-operate, or indeed to communicate.
他不愿意合作,甚至拒绝交流。
1. Arafat's health crisis has highlighted how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable.
2. Too much time in the classroom without any experience in the real world can produce rote learners unprepared for problem solving after graduation.
3. People in rural areas have nothing to do, so they come to the city completely unprepared.
4. But the Americans were unprepared and had to develop contingency plans for every conceivable emergency.
5. The central bank's new credit policy might have caught many property developers unprepared.
6. Xu is a little unprepared for the public's attention after she and her advocacy for " happy education " were reported by local media.
7. The government is also unprepared to handle the volume of calls from baffled television viewers once the switch to digital occurs.
8. The weak domestic regulatory environment leaves Chinese private companies highly unprepared to do business in the highly regulated markets.
9. The lack of physical education contributes to conditions leaving young adults unprepared to create stable and effective exercise regiments later in life.
10. That was exactly what happened in the " good old days " of easy credit before the financial tsunami caught everybody unprepared in 2008.