Still it was a lack of preparation.

但毕竟是准备工作做得不足。

Assuming the conquest was complete, Britain withdrew large portions of the army in preparation for the brewing opium war in China.

英国想当然地认为对阿富汗的征服已经结束，因此军队的大部分，以准备对中国发起酝酿已久的的鸦片战争。

It takes hard work and extensive preparation to answer this question well.

要回答好这个问题，需要下功夫和做大量的准备工作。

The UN is making urgent preparations for humanitarian corridor.

联合国紧急准备人道主义救援通道。

It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week.

即使最顺利的时候，电梯也是很少开的，现在又是白天停电。

Accumulation is the key word for 2019, especially in preparation for the stormy weather.

囤米（储蓄）是今年的重点，好为即将来临的暴风雨做好准备。

But parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student's sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

然聚会、备考、个人问题以及各种压力都在破坏着他们的睡眠习惯，这给他们的身心带来很坏的影响。

It really drives our intelligence that predicts the future strength of hurricanes and enable people to make preparations or move out of the way with ample time.

它确实驱动我们对未来飓风强度的预测，使人们能够在充足的时间内做好准备或避开飓风。

As with all great attorneys, Leibowitz's power lay in the meticulous preparation he gave each case.

正如所有伟大的律师一样，莱博维茨的影响力在于他对每个案子的精心准备。

It's called on all countries to step up their preparations.

所有国家加强准备工作。

She had no preparation for the White House.

她没想过能入住白宫。

The men made preparations for the explosion of the dynamite.

这些人正准备引爆炸药。

This meticulous preparation ensured the solidity of the work, but did not damp his spontaneity.

这种细致的准备确保作品的扎实性， 但没有削弱他的自发性。

The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, we set up the leadership team for the Games and from the national level, we have coordinated efforts and mobilized support for the preparation.

党中央高度重视北京冬奥会、冬残奥会，成立冬奥会工作领导小组，从国家层面统筹力量、协调推进筹办工作。

As happened when I wrote a book about Henry Kissinger, which in some ways was good preparation for this project, I found that people had such strong positive and negative emotions about Jobs that the Rashomon effect was often evident.

在我写一本关于亨利·基辛格的书时也有类似的经历，那本书在某种程度上为本书提供有益的借鉴。我发现人们对于乔布斯有着十分强烈的肯定或否定的情感，罗生门效应十分明显。

But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation, and none are considered reliable enough to even be admissible in court.

这些工具在某些情况下能够起作用，但准备充分还是能骗过其中大多数，且它们都没有可靠到能被法庭接受。

The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three whole months; and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will take three months more.

修橹轒輼，具器械，三月后成，距堙，又三月后已。

For some, cooking during lockdowns was a chance to try out the kind of time-consuming, intricate food preparation that the rush of ordinary life makes impossible.

对一些人来说，封控时期让人有机会尝试一些耗时且复杂的菜谱，平时的匆忙生活让人无暇做这种菜。

And I can tell you now that preparations are under way, and have been for weeks, to allow us to win phase two of this fight, as I believe we are now on track to prevail in phase one.

我可以告诉你们，准备工作正在进行，且已进行数周，以使我们能够赢得第二阶段斗争，因为我相信，我们正处于取得第一阶段胜利的轨道上。

Preparations for the storm have been underway.

应对飓风的准备工作正在进行中。