The word "unprepared" is an adjective that means not ready or not expecting something to happen, often resulting in surprise or disadvantage. It can also, in a formal context, mean unwilling or reluctant to do something.
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[usu v-link ADJ]
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。
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。
We were caught completely unprepared.
我们完全措手不及。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不乐意的;不情愿的 If you are unprepared to do something, you are not willing to do it.
[v-link ADJ to-inf]
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。
He was unprepared to co-operate, or indeed to communicate.
他不愿意合作,甚至拒绝交流。
Oxford
un·pre·pared/ˌʌnprɪˈpeəd; NAmEˌʌnprɪˈperd/adjective1unprepared(for sth) not ready or not expecting sth 无准备的;没有预料的;无防备的◆She was totally unprepared for his response.她对他的反应毫无准备。2unprepared(to do sth) ( formal) not willing to do sth 不乐意的;不情愿的;不甘心的◆She was unprepared to accept that her marriage was over.她不愿相信她的婚姻已经结束。OPP
1not ready to deal with somethingunprepared for I was totally unprepared for the challenge which faced me.2unprepared to do something formal not willing to do something: They were unprepared to accept the conditions of the contract.
WDF
unprepared
[ˌʌnprɪˈpeəd]
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ADJ15063
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Spoken:
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无准备的(60%),即席的(34%),还没有准备好的(6%)
adj.无准备的;即席的;尚未准备好的
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