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

• 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。
• 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。
• One of the main frustrations is that Indian rulings have often been inept.
  另一个使人失望的事情是：印度的裁决往往不够合理。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• 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。
• His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
  他处理不善使小事变大了。
• 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。
• I was a hopelessly inept student.
  我是个笨得无可救药的学生。
• It just felt inept and desperately patchy.
  这只是感觉无能和拼命参差不齐。