flat-footed

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Though these scenes lend black humor and boisterous vitality to the opera, they are musically flat-footed.
盡琯這些場(chǎng)景爲(wèi)歌劇增添了黑色幽默以及很強(qiáng)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(gè)新方法可以降低他陷入到一個(gè)無準(zhǔn)備的突然的技術(shù)或者商務(wù)活動(dòng)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(xiàn)問題，然後讓民衆(zhòng)們一頭霧水地去理解這個(gè)問題和想出可能的解決辦法?！?斯圖爾特談到這次大會(huì)時(shí)如是說。

The most natural,straightforward,literal,flat-footed interpretation.
最自然，直接，理性和踏實(shí)的解釋。
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They picked up some Hewlett-Packard last year after the flat-footed management took one too many writeoffs.
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Lawmakers, lobbyists, and even mainstream beltway advocacy groups fighting the bills were caught flat-footed, and retreated.
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But an early election—January would be the earliest the law allows—could catch his Likud rival, Binyamin Netanyahu, flat-footed.
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(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.