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

• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• 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。
• "India has been shamed globally-by politicians and officials who have been exposed as callous and inept, and possibly corrupt," the newspaper said.
  “印度在全世界面前丢了一次丑&由于官僚和机构的冷漠和无能，和可能的腐败。”报纸说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern
  他没有什么能力，缺乏管理才干。
• 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。
• 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。