律师看似不经意的问题是为了使证人措手不及。
The lawyer's apparently innocent question was designed to catch the witness off (his) guard.
对于一些动植物来说，在今年暖冬天气里突然遇到一场大雪使它们感到措手不及，但是照片上这匹马显然做好了天气变化的准备。
Flora and fauna will view the snow as a bit of a shock after the mild winter.But at least this horse was well dressed for the change in weather.
这一发现甚至使美国宇航局的科学家们感到措手不及，它意味着将打开太空科技的新领域。
The development has even taken fellow Nasa scientists by surprise, and it promises to open new frontiers in space technology.
以经过长岛、纽约和新英格兰的被摧毁的公路命名，长岛高速（即1938年新英格兰飓风）使东北部居民措手不及。
Named after its destructive path through Long Island, New York, and New England, the Long Island Express (a.k.a. the New England Hurricane of 1938) caught northeastern residents by surprise.
罗伯特之死使肯尼迪的衣钵骤然落在爱德华手中，而爱德华对此措手不及，同时这也迫使爱德华直面自己的死亡。
Robert's death draped Edward in the Kennedy mantle long before he was ready for it and forced him to confront his own mortality.
由此国有银行必需要追回那些通过“影子银行系统”放出去的贷款，使债务人措手不及，很多公司为此破产。
In this process, state-owned Banks have been forced to call in the loans made through the "shadow banking system," thus hurting the debtors and triggering a spate of bankruptcies.
贴现公司的破产使亚当斯先生措手不及，他毫无准备，因而损失了很多钱。
The failure of the discount company caught Mr Adams napping he was unprepared for it and lost much money.
寒冷的天气使我们措手不及。
卡罗尔来参加聚会到得太早，使我们措手不及。
Carol came to the party too early and caught us on the wrong foot.
当缺点和不足暴露出来时，往往使组织，特别是管理者感到措手不及。
These then take the organisation, and its key managers in particular apparently by surprise, exposing weaknesses and inadequacies.
很显然他的问题使我措手不及。
你能事前做好准备使自己不致措手不及吗？
Can you prepare in advance so you won't be caught off guard?
如果你离开我，我觉得害怕，秋天，除了使一个措手不及。
And if you leave me I feel scared, fall apart so unprepared.
与此同时，德军一系列重大失误使他们被打得措手不及。
Meamwhile, critical errors by the German side allowed them to be taken completely by surprise.
我们又依稀那个雄心勃勃（宏伟）的计划，即明年起是用全新的卫星数码技术进行广播。国际互联网的出现使我们这些广播人措手不及。
We have an ambitious plan for the brand new technology of Digital Broadcasting by Satellite, due to start next year. The appearance of the Internet has taken us broadcasters all by surprise.
我们又依稀那个雄心勃勃（宏伟）的计划，即明年起是用全新的卫星数码技术进行广播。国际互联网的出现使我们这些广播人措手不及。
We have an ambitious plan for the brand new technology of Digital Broadcasting by Satellite, due to start next year. The appearance of the Internet has taken us broadcasters all by surprise.
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