inept

英 [ɪˈnept]

美 [ɪˈnept]

adj.  缺乏技巧的; 无能的; 笨拙的

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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

• His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
  他处理不善使小事变大了。
• It's no skin off their nose if someone else hires away an inept employee.
  这不是他们的皮肤鼻子如果别人雇用了一个无能的员工。
• A person considered inept or undesirable.
  笨蛋，傻瓜被认为是不中用的人。
• Accordingly, his peers judged him an inept instructor and ill-suited to a scholarly career.
  因此，他的同事断定他作为讲师不称职，不适合学者事业。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• They also do not like feeling inept or helpless.
  他们也不喜欢无能，无助的感觉。
• 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。
• The result has been a succession of inept leaders and the absence of a coherent policy agenda.
  结果，无能的领导人接连上台，却始终缺乏一项具有连贯性的政策议程。
• Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women.
  迪克不善于和妇女社交，很不自在。
• I was a hopelessly inept student.
  我是个笨得无可救药的学生。