inept

英 [ɪˈnept]

美 [ɪˈnept]

adj.  缺乏技巧的; 无能的; 笨拙的

TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14202 / COCA.13957

牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏技巧的；无能的；笨拙的
  acting or done with no skill
  1. She was left feeling inept and inadequate.
     她被弄得感到笨拙无能。
  2. an inept remark
     笨拙的一席话

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无能的;笨拙的
  If you say that someone isinept, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill.
  1. He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern...
     他没有什么能力,缺乏管理才干。
  2. You are completely inept at writing.
     你完全拙于写作。
  3. ...his inept handling of the army.
     他治军无方

英英释义

adj

• revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
  1. an inept remark
  2. it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
  Synonym:tactless
• generally incompetent and ineffectual
  1. feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
  2. inept handling of the account
  Synonym:feckless
• not elegant or graceful in expression
  1. an awkward prose style
  2. a clumsy apology
  3. his cumbersome writing style
  4. if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
  Synonym:awkwardclumsycumbersomeinaptill-chosen

双语例句

• One of the main frustrations is that Indian rulings have often been inept.
  另一个使人失望的事情是：印度的裁决往往不够合理。
• Why is the technology industry generally so inept at designing the interactive parts of digital products?
  为什么在技术行业中通常无法设计出好的数字产品的交互部分呢？
• The price of oil today is not a result of greedy businessmen, or inept politicians.
  今天的油价不仅仅是贪婪的生意人或愚蠢的政治家造成的。
• Husband: I know, but the workers said that because I'm so inept they had to get rid of me to keep their jobs.
  丈夫：我知，只是工人说因为我太无能，所以他们要革除我以保饭碗，这是叛变。
• We all, from time to time, became inept to our circumstances.
  我们往往会不时地变得无能为力于我们的处境。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• He was severely criticized for his inept handling of the crisis.
  因处理危机不善，他受到了严厉的批评。
• You are completely inept at writing.
  你完全拙于写作。
• We find it hard to believe that someone could be this inept on purpose.
  我们觉得很难相信有人会故意这么无能。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。