ineffectual

adj.

1. 无能的；软弱的；达不到目的的
   without the ability to achieve much; weak; not achieving what you want to
   1. an ineffectual teacher
      不称职的教师
   2. an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
      改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试

1. ADJ-GRADED 不起作用的;徒劳无益的
   If someone or something is ineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
   1. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
      市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
   2. ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
      过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划

1. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
   市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
2. In his view, the Commission remains a toothless and ineffectual body.
   在他看来，委员会仍然是一个没有实权、不起作用的机构。
3. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
   老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。
4. Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
   我们的情报部门人员缺乏训练，机构臃肿，简直毫无用处。
5. He is a well-meaning but ineffectual leader
   他是个心有余而力不足的领导者。
6. All rescue measures proved ineffectual.
   抢救无效。
7. And who could have foreseen that Paris, London, Warsaw, Stockholm and Rome would be absent or ineffectual?
   谁能预料到巴黎、伦敦、华沙、斯德哥尔摩和罗马会缺席或无所作为？
8. They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
   这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去，就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。
9. In the case of Mr Obama, it is based on the perception that he is ineffectual.
   对奥巴马的不信任建立在人们认为他无效的基础之上。
10. The persuasion of the speaker was ineffectual.
    这位演说者的说服是无效的。
11. Ineffectual as a leader, teacher, etc.
    作领袖、作教师等不能胜任的。
12. The belief that I've finally left behind is that I am a powerless, ineffectual being, unable to change my life.
    被我抛在脑后的信念是我是一个无能的，不成功的人，不能改变我的生活。
13. For those patients who are ineffectual to "three steps therapy" this method is a safe, effective and cheap analgesic means.
    该法对于“三阶梯疗法”无效的癌痛患者是一种安全、有效和廉价的止痛方法。
14. Dog-days n. [ pl.] She had felt at the same time that he was helpless and ineffectual.
    三伏天，大热天；无所作为的时期，无精打采的日子。同时她也看到了他的孤弱无能，无所作为。
15. An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
    严重失败或完全不起作用的行为。
16. If leaders and officials electoral cannot act as representatives of the nation or people, councilors are entitled to supervise or dismiss ineffectual or corrupt ones in power.
    如果选出不能代表国家和人民利益的领导者和官员，议员就有权监督或罢免正在运行而无所作为或腐败的的领导者或官员。
17. After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
    他们徒劳无益地试了两三次之后，只见汤姆摇晃了两下，又扑通一声摔倒在地。
18. Big Brussels initiatives to arrest Europe's long-term economic decline have proved ineffectual.
    大布鲁塞尔想要阻止欧洲长期经济衰退的努力已经被证实不给力了。
19. He watched the flying fish burst out again and again and the ineffectual movements of the bird.
    他看着飞鱼一再地从海里冒出来，看着那只鸟儿的一无效果的行动。
20. Dissertations that sound choppy or stuttered are for the most part ineffectual and will most likely fail to impress.
    论文的声音断断续续或结结巴巴的大部分是无效的，并很可能将无法留下深刻的印象。
21. He was well-meaning but ineffectual.
    他本意良好但没有效果。
22. He said we were ineffectual, liberal jerkoffs.
    他说我们是没用的自由派。
23. Programs based solely on cost have proven ineffectual or even counter-productive.
    仅基于成本的项目已被证明无效甚至起反作用。
24. Either way, it can be argued that fiscal policy can influence parts of the system in which monetary policy is shown to be at best ineffectual, or at worst pace Mr Greenspan harmful.
    这两点均说明，财政政策可以对经济体系中的部分领域产生影响，而事实证明，货币政策在最好的情况下是无效，而在最坏的情况下如格林斯潘所言则是有害的。
25. A futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt.
    无用的努力；这个治疗方法没有效果；无用的承诺；无用的尝试。
26. The middle class is weak and ineffectual and tends to become dependent on and subservient to the ruling class.
    中产阶级软弱无能，趋向依赖和屈服于统治阶级。
27. A genial but ineffectual man.
    一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。
28. Unfortunately, a vacuous slogan is underpinned by ineffectual proposals.
    遗憾的是，这个空洞的口号只得到无效提议的支撑。
29. Thanks to the ineffectual efforts of prosecutors many trials were lost or abandoned.
    由于检察官的无能，许多次审讯都失败或放弃了。
30. It is an ineffectual first strike.
    这是场毫无效果的攻击。

adj

1. not producing an intended effect
   1. an ineffective teacher
   2. ineffective legislation

   Synonym:    ineffectiveuneffective

2. lacking in power or forcefulness
   1. an ineffectual ruler
   2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes

   Synonym:    ineffectiveunable

3. producing no result or effect
   1. a futile effort
   2. the therapy was ineffectual
   3. an otiose undertaking
   4. an unavailing attempt

   Synonym:    futileotioseunavailing