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单词 flat-footed
释义
flat-footed
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌflætˈfʊt.ɪd/us
/ˌflætˈfʊt̬.ɪd/

flat-footedadjective[before noun](HAVING FLAT FEET)

havingfeetwhosebottompartisflatagainst thegroundand notcurvedup in anarch
平足的，扁平足的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The foot
  • -toed
  • arch
  • calcaneocuboid
  • calcaneofibular
  • calcaneonavicular
  • calcaneus
  • cuboid
  • digitorum
  • heel
  • ingrowing
  • little toe
  • metatarsal
  • metatarsophalangeal
  • metatarsus
  • minimus
  • nail
  • phalangeal
  • phalanx
  • toe
  • unguis
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flat-footedadjective[before noun](UNSUCCESSFUL)

in adifficultorunexpectedsituationthat makes youunabletomoveorreactquicklyorskilfully:
束手无策的
Campaignleaderswerecaughtflat-footed when theopinionpollssuddenlystartedtoswingthe other way.当民意调查的结果突然倒向另一方时，竞选运动的领导们陷于了束手无策的境地。
informal
boring, with no newideasorimagination:
平淡无奇的
a flat-footedpoliticalcampaign一项平淡无奇的政治运动
As with all thebestAmericancomedies, thesharpnessof thescriptmade theaverageBritishsitcomseemembarrassinglyflat-footed.与所有最好的美国喜剧一样，剧本的细腻使一般的英国情景剧相形见绌，显得乏味无趣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprised
  • aback
  • agape
  • aghast
  • amazed
  • appalled
  • flabbergasted
  • ghost
  • gobsmacked
  • goggle-eyed
  • headlight
  • horror
  • horror of horrorsidiom
  • jaw
  • open-eyed
  • open-mouthed
  • palpitation
  • pearl-clutching
  • round-eyed
  • someone'sjaw drops (open)idiom
  • stalk
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Tedious and uninspiring
(Definition offlat-footedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flat-footed| American Dictionary

flat-footed
adjective
us/ˈflætˈfʊt·ɪd/
havingfeetwith abottompartthat is notcurvedup in anarch, as isusual, but islevelso that ittouchestheground
(Definition offlat-footedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One welcomes such a clear,flat-footedstatement of basic business motives from a nationalised undertaking, but let us probe it further.
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The management certainly showed determination, but their version of tact and understanding would have brought discredit on aflat-footedelephant.
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Our aim is to train every young man for military service, whether he isflat-footedor not.
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I can only think that they must have been treated in aflat-footedsort of way.
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As a result,flat-footedspecial branch officers came to crawl all over her house, play around with her telephone and knock on her door.
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There is a "flat-footed" recommendation in the conclusion, on page 78, that there should be a new single administrative authority.
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Does he realise that the dispute would not have occurred had it not been for hisflat-footedintervention?
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The advisory committee takes a veryflat-footedview to the contrary.
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I am not going to be drawn into that sort offlat-footedargument.
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When is he going to stop being soflat-footed?
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The speed of technological innovation and the changes in public taste and consumer preferences have left even the best-informed and most sensitive experts sometimes looking veryflat-footed.
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Such a development is the way of the future and threatens those existing market locations which remainflat-footedin their thinking and their response to a changing market scheme.
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It was very muscular, walked on plantigrade (flat-footed).
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Horses may be suited to any type of riding or driving sport due to expansive, regular paces, aflat-footedwalk and vibrant trot and canter.
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He had also completely morphed his ring style from a slick, quick-fisted, boxer/puncher to a strictlyflat-footed, stalking, slugger to compensate for his loss of speed and reflexes.
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