unprepared

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Our enemies were caught unprepared and we disposed of them without firing a single shot.
我們打了它個措手不及，一槍沒放就把他們收拾掉了。
《新英漢大辭典》
Still, I was unprepared for the many lunches and dinners where my friends and I cried?and for the look on my best friend's face at my going-away party.
但我還是在面對我和朋友都哭了的午宴晚宴時，還有在面對告別派對上我最好的朋友臉上的模樣時，都會覺得措手不及。
Carmen Elcira had seen lately how old age had taken its bite out of him, and she had thought often that he was nearing the end, but even so, she felt unprepared when she found him like that.
最近一段時間，卡門·艾爾茜拉眼看著衰老一天天地啃噬著他，常常想到父親正在走向生命的終點(diǎn)，可是即便如此，當(dāng)這一天來臨時，她還是覺得毫無準(zhǔn)備。

He helped secure the deal, which faced objections from a rural community unprepared for huge crowds.
Experts say babies are unprepared for birth when a doctor performs a C-section.
But President William McKinley thought the Philippines were unprepared for independence.

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If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.
If you are unprepared to do something, you are not willing to do it.