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

• 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。
• Those incapable workers are sleeping all the day.
  那些能干的工人睡了一整天了。
• Are you that incapable?
  你难道是吃干饭的？
• He is an incapable person and he can do nothing.
  他是个没有能力的人，他什么也不会做。
• Cars are things and things are incapable of having feelings of the sort that we do.
  汽车是东西，东西是没有，能力有和我们一样的感觉的。
• 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。
• If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it.
  如果我认为我不到什么事情的话，我通常就会因此变得无能。
• He's incapable of it; all he can give me is esteem and affection.
  他理解不了；他能给我的一切就是尊重和爱护。
• That you are both mentally and physically incapable of managing yourself oryour affairs.
  你在精神上和身体上都没法照顾好你自己或你的事物。
• As long as I have incapable question, it can help me immediately solve.
  只要我有不会的问题，它可以马上帮我解决。