The flashcard defines "unprepared" as being not ready for something, caught off guard, or unwilling to do something. It provides examples for both meanings, highlighting situations of surprise or lack of willingness.
[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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