incapable

英 [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl]

美 [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl]

adj.  没有能力(做某事); 不能克制自己的; 不能自理的; 什么事也做不好的

CET6TEM8机械

Collins.1 / BNC.6335 / COCA.7779

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有能力（做某事）
  not able to do sth
  1. incapable of speech
     不会说话
  2. The children seem to be totally incapable of working by themselves.
     孩子们好像完全不能独自做事。
• 不能克制自己的；不能自理的；什么事也做不好的
  not able to control yourself or your affairs; not able to do anything well
  1. He was found lying in the road, drunk and incapable.
     他被发现躺在路上，烂醉如泥。
  2. If people keep telling you you're incapable, you begin to lose confidence in yourself.
     如果人们不断地对你说你无能，你就开始失去自信了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 无能力的;不能的
  Someone who isincapable ofdoing something is unable to do it.
  1. She seemed incapable of taking decisions...
     她似乎无法作出决定。
  2. He was a man incapable of violence.
     他不是个会施暴的人。
• ADJ 软弱无能的;蠢笨的
  Anincapableperson is weak or stupid.
  1. He lost his job for allegedly being incapable.
     据说他由于软弱无能而丢掉了工作。

英英释义

adj

• not meeting requirements
  1. unequal to the demands put upon him
  Synonym:incompetentunequal to(p)
• (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
  1. incapable of carrying a tune
  2. he is incapable of understanding the matter
  3. incapable of doing the work
• (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for
  1. simply incapable of lying

双语例句

• She made me feel stupid and incapable.
  她让我觉得自己笨拙无能。
• He's a sort of people who're incapable of deceiving you.
  他是那种不会欺骗你的人。
• He lost his job for allegedly being incapable.
  据说他由于软弱无能而丢掉了工作。
• Otherwise you would say we were incapable of that too.
  否则你会说我们对那也没有能力。
• Having been a scientific researcher for many years, I gradually realized how limited and incapable we humans are.
  从事科学研究工作多年来，我逐渐认识到《圣经》所说的我们人的局限性。
• But I know her to be incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone.
  但我知道她无法欺骗任何人？
• If the student is not happy he is incapable of learning this art.
  如果学生不快乐，他就不能学习这门艺术。
• He was a man incapable of violence.
  他不是个会施暴的人。
• It is legally possible for an elderly person to nominate someone to act for them, should they become incapable of looking after themselves.
  从法律上来说，如果老人生活不能自理，他可以指定某人为其代理事务。
• He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one
  他分不清主意的好坏。