flat-footed
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌflætˈfʊt.ɪd]
- 美式音标 [ˌflætˈfʊt̬.ɪd]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 扁平足的；腳不離地的；無準備的；（非正式）走不快的，笨拙的；（非正式）沉悶的，無創意的
英汉例句
- Though these scenes lend black humor and boisterous vitality to the opera, they are musically flat-footed.
盡琯這些場景爲歌劇增添了黑色幽默以及很強的活力，但在音樂上還是平淡的。 - He believes that the new approach limits his exposure to getting caught flat-footed by a sudden change in technology or business practices.
他相信這樣的一個新方法可以降低他陷入到一個無準備的突然的技術或者商務活動的變化的境地。 - We don't want the country to be in a position next year like we were in 2000, in which problems occur, and the public is left flat-footed in understanding the problems and the possible solutions.
我們不希望在明年置身像2000年的情況，出現問題，然後讓民衆們一頭霧水地去理解這個問題和想出可能的解決辦法。” 斯圖爾特談到這次大會時如是說。 - The most natural,straightforward,literal,flat-footed interpretation.
最自然，直接，理性和踏實的解釋。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選 - They picked up some Hewlett-Packard last year after the flat-footed management took one too many writeoffs.
FORBES: When Ugly Stocks Give Pretty Returns - Lawmakers, lobbyists, and even mainstream beltway advocacy groups fighting the bills were caught flat-footed, and retreated.
FORBES: What Does Silicon Valley Need from Washington? Less. - But an early election—January would be the earliest the law allows—could catch his Likud rival, Binyamin Netanyahu, flat-footed.
ECONOMIST: Another blind alley
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词组短语
- caught flat -footed 無計可施;陷入睏境;墮入窘境;不意被睏
- flat -footed 手足無措
- catch flat -footed 乘其不備抓住;使大喫一驚
- Flat -footed Walk 平走慢步;馬的慢四拍步樣
- catch someone flat -footed 乘人毫無準備
短語
英英字典
- (HAVING FLAT FEET) having feet whose bottom part is flat against the ground and not curved up in an arch
- (UNSUCCESSFUL) in a difficult or unexpected situation that makes you unable to move or react quickly or skilfully
- If you are flat-footed, the arches of your feet are too low.
- If you describe a person or action as flat-footed, you think they are clumsy, awkward, or foolish.