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单词 ill-equipped
释义
ill-equipped
adjective
uk
/ˌɪl.ɪˈkwɪpt/us
/ˌɪl.ɪˈkwɪpt/
without theability,qualities, orequipmentto do something:
能力不足的；装备不良的
[+ to infinitive]Heseemsto me ill-equippedtocopewith theresponsibility.我觉得他似乎无力承担这一职责。
Somekidsleaveschoolill-equippedforadultlife.一些孩子对成人生活准备不足就离开学校了。
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(Definition ofill-equippedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ill-equipped| American Dictionary

ill-equipped
adjective
us
/ˌɪl·ɪˈkwɪpt/
lackingtheabilityorequipmentnecessaryto do something well:
Youngparentsare sometimes ill-equipped tocopewith achild.
(Definition ofill-equippedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

ill-equipped| Business English

ill-equipped
adjective
uk
/ˌɪlɪˈkwɪpt/us
not having theability,qualities, orequipmentthat you need inorderto do something :
ill-equipped to cope/deal with sthBudgetcutshaveleftthehospitalsunderstaffedand ill-equipped todealwith therecentsurgeofflupatients.
(Definition ofill-equippedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofill-equipped

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It is not that these economists are ignorant of institutions, rather they are methodologicallyill-equippedto deal with them.
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Many feared democratic regimes would beill-equippedto impose the kind of economic measures necessary to achieve long-term growth.
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This is a situation the behavioral, neural, and cognitive sciences are presentlyill-equippedto deal with.
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They were as overcrowded andill-equippedto manage bodies as the churchyards.
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Yet, in many other respects the stations seemedill-equippedand unprepared for the people who were incarcerated there.
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As questions about party locations were asked in only one of the waves we areill-equippedto test for the presence of an assimilation effect.
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They were poorly briefed for their tasks, andill-equipped, as they were initially brought in just to implement the experimental scientific feeding program.
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Many were confined at home or inill-equippedmaternity homes, usually under the care of the family doctor.
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People who lack energy areill-equippedto take advantage of opportunities for increasing their productivity and output.
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Others consult key personnel within their community who also may beill-equippedto give constructive help.
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To use his own analogy, hisill-equipped'lieutenants' failed the 'general' at the crucial moment of crisis.
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Real-world policy processes should, ideally, translate this framework into action, but in practice they areill-equippedto do so.
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Extreme violence transformed into strategy for this small,ill-equippedgroup of soldiers.
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In his evaluation, exemplar theories appearill-equippedto handle either hierarchical conceptual structure or induction.
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In the colonial context, though, the spectre of urbanization was thought all the more threatening, occurring amongst a backward people who wereill-equippedto weather the vicissitudes of town life.
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