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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