unable

英 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

美 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

adj.  没有所需技能(或力量、时间、知识等); 未能; 无法

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1474 / COCA.2136

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有所需技能（或力量、时间、知识等）；未能；无法
  not having the skill, strength, time, knowledge, etc. to do sth
  1. He lay there, unable to move.
     他躺在那里动弹不得。
  2. I tried to contact him but was unable to.
     我试着跟他联系，却没联系上。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不能…的；无法…的
  If you areunable todo something, it is impossible for you to do it, for example because you do not have the necessary skill or knowledge, or because you do not have enough time or money.
  1. The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...
     军方可能会觉得明年难以将政权移交给一位民选总统。
  2. Unable any longer to keep from breaking in she said, 'I simply cannot believe you're serious.'
     她再也忍不住了，便插话道：“我真不敢相信你是认真的。”

英英释义

adj

• (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
  1. unable to get to town without a car
  2. unable to obtain funds
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveineffectual

双语例句

• My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful.
  我父亲没法谈论那场战争，那太可怕了。
• They were unable to prove that she died as a direct result of his injection
  他们无法证明她的死是由于他的注射直接引起的。
• He was unable to take nourishment for several days.
  他有几天不能吃东西了。
• The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope.
  经济变化得如此之快，以致税收系统都应付不过来了。
• He is unable to relate to other people
  他无法理解他人的想法。
• They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy.
  由于中央政府无力控制逐渐崩溃的经济，所以他们加入了这个新联盟。
• The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next
  接下来该走哪一步，这两个国家还未能就此达成一致意见。
• I was unable to shake off my self-pity
  我无法摆脱自怜自哀的情绪。
• We've simply been unable to locate him.
  我们就是没办法找到他。
• She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events
  她仅有一次没能控制和处理好局势。