措手不及

We are concerned that in many schools and many families, the college search has spun out of control.

因为我们了解到在许多家庭，选择大学的过程常常会因为措手不及的变化而失去控制。

Sparrowhawks can take you by surprise, but by understanding their tactics, you can predict their next move.

鹰鹞会让你措手不及，但只要了解了他们的战术，你就可以预测他们的下一步行动。

If it came occasionally it could take the island by surprise and do some real damage.

如果它偶尔来"拜访"一次的话，就会给小岛以措手不及，使其大受损失。

He desires them to count the cost, that they may not be taken unawares by the enemy.

他要他们计算所要付的代价，免得措手不及给仇敌以可乘之机。

I do beg you will not be taken unawares this time.

我恳求你，这一次不要被人搞得措手不及。

It let her to be caught unawares and she does not know how she can do.

但是灰尘是不断地汹涌进屋子里，这时他感到无比的恐惧，他措手不及，他不知道该怎麽办。

Th' ascent is easie then; Th' event is fear'd; should we again provoke Our stronger, some worse way his wrath may find To our destruction: if there be in Hell Fear to be worse destroy'd: what can be worse [ 85 ] Then to dwell here, driv'n out from bliss, condemn'd In this abhorred deep to utter woe; Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end The Vassals of his anger, when the Scourge [ 90 ] Inexorably, and the torturing hour Calls us to Penance?

我们不如用地狱的烈火和狂怒作为武器，直向天上的高塔袭击，给以措手不及的进攻，拿我们残酷的刑具，转化为可怕的凶器来回敬；让他那万能的弓弩轰响时，也听到地狱的雷鸣；在天上的电光闪烁时，看到他的天军中也出现黑色火焰和同样骇人的火箭；连他的宝座，也被包围在地狱硫火和奇异的火焰――他自己发明的凶具中间。

This was unforeseen and he was unprepared.

这是不可预见的，他一个措手不及。

It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves andlead him to say something unguarded.

我当时是那么盘算的，我出岂不意地出现，可能使他大吃一惊，在他措手不及之中，也许会吐露些什么出来。

Then the pressure on me was unimaginably great. At one time, I almost said nothing to anybody.

当初我接到电话被告知要去青岛的时候，我是既兴奋又有些胆怯，我没有想到这次机会会来得如此突然如此令我措手不及。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。