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

• However, the British seem to have lost their chess-playing abilities and are proving remarkably inept at building alliances.
  然而，英国人似乎失去了博弈能力，在建立联盟方面表现笨拙。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government's inept handling of the crisis.
  政府对危机的笨拙处理。
• In fact, those people who were most inept were also the most likely to overestimate their abilities.
  实际上，那些无能的人最有可能过高地估计自己的能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。