flat-footed
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you are flat-footed, the arches of your feet are too low. 扁平足的
He told me I was flat-footed. 他告訴我說我是扁平足。
2. ADJ If you describe a person or action as flat-footed, you think they are clumsy, awkward, or foolish. 笨拙的[表不滿]
...flat-footed writing. ...蹩腳的文章。
The government could be caught flat-footed. 該政府可能會(huì)猝不及防。
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flat-footed
劍橋詞典
flat-footed adjective [before noun] (HAVING FLAT FEET)
having feet whose bottom part is flat against the ground and not curved up in an arch
平足的，扁平足的
flat-footed adjective [before noun] (UNSUCCESSFUL)
in a difficult or unexpected situation that makes you unable to move or react quickly or skilfully
束手無策的
Campaign leaders were caught flat-footed when the opinion polls suddenly started to swing the other way. 當(dāng)民意調(diào)查的結(jié)果突然倒向另一方時(shí)，競(jìng)選運(yùn)動(dòng)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們陷于了束手無策的境地。
informal
boring , with no new ideas or imagination
平淡無奇的
a flat-footed political campaign 一項(xiàng)平淡無奇的政治運(yùn)動(dòng)
As with all the best American comedies , the sharpness of the script made the average British sitcom seem embarrassingly flat-footed. 與所有最好的美國(guó)喜劇一樣，劇本的細(xì)膩使一般的英國(guó)情景劇相形見絀，顯得乏味無趣。 返回 flat-footed