flat-footed

flat-footed

美 [ˌflæt ˈfʊtəd] 　英 [ˌflæt ˈfʊtɪd]

• adj.平足的；扁平足的；无准备的
• adv.直截了当地
• 网络不是扁平足；有可能是手足无措；措手不及

英汉双解

英汉解释

英英解释

例句

Other manufacturers might be playing catch-up, but they haven't been caught as flat-footed as they were when Apple introduced the iPhone.

其他制造企业或许正在奋起直追，但还没有像苹果公司推出iPhone时那样被打个措手不及。

Regulators were caught "flat-footed" by a breakdown we had erroneously thought was more than adequately reserved against .

我们曾误以为已经做好了充足的储备，但当危机发生时，监管者依然是“手足无措”。

At the end of last month u disappeared, it caught me flat-footed, and the sky became gray , but I still put my trust in you.

在上个月末你突然消失了，那让我脚都麻木了，天空都变成灰色的了，但我仍然相信你。

England has seemed a nation almost at war. The unrest is a blow to the police, caught flat-footed and unable to ensure order.

英国看上去就像一个战乱的城市，这次动乱对于将警署杀了个措手不及：他们无法维持秩序。

He believes that the new approach limits his exposure to getting caught flat-footed by a sudden change in technology or business practices.

他相信这样的一个新方法可以降低他陷入到一个无准备的突然的技术或者商务活动的变化的境地。

This helps explain why the bank's initial response was flat-footed.

这也解释了为什么央行面对危机的最初反应如此拙劣。

But they had experienced past market downturns, while some of the bankers and analysts caught flat-footed knew only good times.

但他们经历过以往的市场低迷，而一些银行家只识繁华，在危机到来时措手不及。

So far, many Western companies have been caught flat-footed.

现在，很多欧美跨国公司发现在中国做网上生意举步维艰。

I am flat-footed when someone comes right at me, angling for a fight.

当别人单刀直入时我就会手足无措，就想和人家干一架。

I'm your friend and I'll come out flat-footed and say what I think.

我是你的朋友，我会直截了当，心里有什么就说什么。

Celia: Does that mean I get a partial action at the start of the date while you're still flat footed?

那是不是意味着在你仍然措手不及的情况下，我会在这场约会开始时获得一个部分动作？

Once again, Lehman's management has been caught flat-footed by the severity of the credit crunch, pessimists might say.

悲观主义者可能会说，雷曼兄弟管理层再一次被信贷紧缩的严重性搞得措手不及。

What wear improper shoe and cause flat-footed, callus, clavus, paronychia is not little also.

穿不合适的鞋而引起扁平足、胼胝、鸡眼、甲沟炎的也不少。

Operation Barbarossa caught the Russians flat-footed: warplanes on the ground, tanks on rail cars, munitions in the open.

Barbarossa行动发现了苏军行驶缓慢：战斗机停在地面上，坦克在火车上，军火在露天。

One low side of the hill was a sparsely connected system: flat-footed and stagnant.

在山的低侧，一边是松散连接的系统：不敏感而且死气沉沉。

And the administration appeared caught flat-footed again when demonstrations spread to Egypt.

当示威活动蔓延到埃及，行政管理似乎又一次裹足不前了。

During training, Margarito appeared flat-footed and obviously slower than the speedy Pacquiao.

培训期间，马加里托出现措手不及，明显高于迅速帕奎奥慢。

Though these scenes lend black humor and boisterous vitality to the opera, they are musically flat-footed.

尽管这些场景为歌剧增添了黑色幽默以及很强的活力，但在音乐上还是平淡的。

This technique is sometimes called playing flat footed .

这个技巧有时候被称为平足（姑且这么翻译吧）。

He got the idea for his famous flat-footed walk from a London taxi driver who had sore feet.

通过那次出名的步行，他从一个脚受伤的伦敦司机那里找到了灵感。

a, His speed and skill makes other players look flat-footed .

他速度快、技术好，使其他运动员相形见绌。

Creative and incisive, he left Raggi flat-footed on the goal and confident slotted past Viviano on 75 minutes.

充满创造力和机敏，在第75分钟从左路突破了拉吉，并充满信心的攻破了维维亚诺的球门。

We don't wanna get caught flat-footed again.

我们不想再毫无准备惊慌失措了。

But some critics in China feel that Premier Wen and other leaders were caught flat footed by the downturn.

不过中国的一些批评人士认为，温家宝总理和其他领导人被经济低迷弄了个措手不及。

At that time, I went to receive written verdict. Then a public hearing suddenly came and made me flat-footed.

当时我去领裁定书，去后突然又是听证会，搞得我措手不及。

He looks flat-footed and he can not repair the broken flat iron well.

他看起来笨手笨脚哦，他无法把这个坏了的熨斗修好。

Are you in fact, truly flat-footed?

或者你真的属于平足？

The following changes are in effect as long as he rages: AC18(touch 10, flat-footed 15);

狂暴效果持续时会发生如下改变：AC18（接触10，措手不及15）；

Science and Technology Palaeontology Splay-footed, not flat-footed

科技古生物学不是扁平足而是八字足