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今天我们要学的词是off-guard。 Off-guard, 是没有提防,缺乏警惕的意思。以色列炮轰加沙后,联合国在加沙地区的一位高级官员说, "We were caught off-guard by the operation," 这次行动让我们丝毫没有防备。美国当选总统奥巴马打算提名里奥.帕内塔担任中央情报局负责人的消息传出后,在国会里引起反弹,不少国会议员对帕内塔缺少情报工作的经验提出质疑。 "Obama was caught off-guard by the fallout and moved to defend the Panetta pick," 奥巴马完全没有想到这一提名会引起如此大的反响,马上为帕内塔的胜任资格做出辩护。好的,今天我们学习的词是off-guard...
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