英语释义

• not prepared or vigilant;

  "the blow caught him napping"

  "caught in an off-guard moment"

  "found him off his guard"

片语

throw someone off his guard使某人失去警惕

Catch Off-Guard措手不及

Caught Off-Guard猝不及防

ward off and guard against防止

Find One Off His Guard乘其不备

off f guard猝不及防

be off my guard未戒备着

off my guard失去了我的防备

英汉例句

• when development teams adopt agile practices, product management is often caught off guard by the amount of work added to their already overflowing plate.

  开发团队采用敏捷时，产品管理会给他们已经超负荷的工作量中再增加更多工作，团队因此措手不及。

• we all know that setting limits will lower our stress level and save our sanity, but sometimes we are caught off guard by people who simply won’t take no for an answer.

  我们都明白，为自己的承受力设限可以降低压力，让自己保持清醒。但有时，一些人并不準备从你那里得到否定答案，你在这些人面前完全没有防备之力。

• if you「re feeling defenseless and caught off guard -- or (and especially) if you」re feeling angry -- try to buy some time to react to your review and answer criticisms.

  如果你对评审结果感到很突然，猝不及防，尤其是你感到很气愤的时候，去试一试要求对此次评审做出辩解，回应别人对你的批评。

• you「ll be able to point people to the documentation so that they can see exactly what your design means to them, and you」ll never be caught off guard when someone challenges your design decisions.

  您能够指示人们参考该文档，以便他们可以确切看到您的设计对他们意味着什么，并且您决不会在某人挑战您的设计决策时失去警惕。

• mccain's surprise call to delay the first of three presidential debates appeared to catch the obama campaign off guard and has added a new element of uncertainty to the presidential race.

  麦凯恩令人惊讶地要求推迟三次辩论中的第一场辩论，似乎让奥巴马的竞选班子有些措手不及，并为这次总统大选增加了新的不确定的因素。

• although they were caught off guard by the context, the gents didn’t seem to mind.

  虽然他们对这件事出乎意料，但是这些男孩似乎并不介意。

相似词

custodian管理人；监护人；保管人

guardian[法] 监护人，保护人；守护者

keeper监护人；饲养员；看守人；管理人

lookout监视；监视哨；警戒；守望者；担心的事；前景

minder(Minder)人名；(法)曼代；(德、匈)明德

picket警戒哨；纠察队；[建] 尖木桩

sentinel守卫，放哨

sentry哨兵；岗哨

warden(Warden)人名；(德、瑞典)瓦尔登；(英)沃登

warder(Warder)人名；(英)沃德

watch观察；注视；看守；警戒

watcher观察者；看守人；哨兵；（美）选举监票员

watchman(Watchman)人名；(英)沃奇曼

相反词

assail攻击；质问；着手解决

assault攻击；袭击

attack攻击；抨击；疾病发作