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

• 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。
• 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 like the people that deal with China are either inept, afraid of China, or just plain retarded.
  和中国打交道的人不是无能的，就是害怕中国的，或者简单地说就是弱智。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• They also do not like feeling inept or helpless.
  他们也不喜欢无能，无助的感觉。
• However, inept but thrifty Buffett Investment Management would still have accumulated$ 82m.
  然而，无能且吝啬的巴菲特投资管理公司仍可以积累8200万美元的资产。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• 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。
• Others on the right deplore the mistakes of inept regulation, lax monetary policy and poor policy responses.
  右派人士则痛斥无能的监管、宽松的货币政策与糟糕的政策回应的失误。
• 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。