英 [ˌflæt ˈfʊtɪd] 美 [ˌflæt ˈfʊtɪd]
adj. 扁平足的；笨拙的；直截了当的；断然的；无准备的
flat-footed //
形容词 If you are flat-footed, the arches of your feet are too low. 扁平足的
He told me I was flat-footed.
他告诉我说我是扁平足。
形容词 If you describe a person or action as flat-footed, you think they are clumsy, awkward, or foolish. 笨拙的
...flat-footed writing.
...蹩脚的文章。
The government could be caught flat-footed.
该政府可能会猝不及防。
with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
unprepared and unable to react quickly
the new product caught their competitors flat-footed
having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
a slow flat-footed walk
without reservation
a flat-footed refusal
... flat-footed 措手不及 ; 扁平足的 ; 笨拙的 ; 迟滞 flat-footed person 一些平足者 ; 平足者 flat-footed beetle 平足甲虫 ...
... flat-footed 措手不及 ; 扁平足的 ; 笨拙的 ; 迟滞 flat-footed person 一些平足者 ; 平足者 flat-footed beetle 平足甲虫 ...
... drawing room 客厅（不是画室） flat-footed 手足无措（不是扁平足） fourth estate 记者或新闻界 ...
扁平足的；直截了当的；断然的；无准备的
He told me I was flat-footed.
他告诉我说我是扁平足。
The government could be caught flat-footed.
该政府可能会猝不及防。
They were caught flat-footed by the attack.
他们冷不防遭到了攻击。
The most natural,straightforward,literal,flat-footed interpretation.
最自然，直接，理性和踏实的解释。
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They picked up some Hewlett-Packard last year after the flat-footed management took one too many writeoffs.
Former Hearts striker Wales' effort was deflected off Christophe Berra past a flat-footed Craig Gordon.
It is, in such a circumstance, easy to get caught flat-footed by pursuing yesterday's strategy today.