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.

  1. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 无能的;笨拙的
    If you say that someone is inept, 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

双语例句

  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. I agree that it was politically inept to seek to block ObamaCare by these means.
    我也认为,寻求利用这些手段阻止奥巴马医改是拙劣的政治伎俩。
  4. It just felt inept and desperately patchy.
    这只是感觉无能和拼命参差不齐。
  5. 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。
  6. We find it hard to believe that someone could be this inept on purpose.
    我们觉得很难相信有人会故意这么无能。
  7. I'm blind, not inept!
    我眼睛瞎了,并不是不中用了!
  8. 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。
  9. Do you yearn for intimate relationships yet feel that you are too socially inept to obtain them?
    你会渴望亲密的关系只因为你觉得自己在社交上太笨拙而无法获得吗?
  10. I was a hopelessly inept student.
    我是个笨得无可救药的学生。
  11. The result has been a succession of inept leaders and the absence of a coherent policy agenda.
    结果,无能的领导人接连上台,却始终缺乏一项具有连贯性的政策议程。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
    他们既不好斗、不愚蠢,也不爱炫耀自己。
  15. 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。
  16. Why is the technology industry generally so inept at designing the interactive parts of digital products?
    为什么在技术行业中通常无法设计出好的数字产品的交互部分呢?
  17. They also do not like feeling inept or helpless.
    他们也不喜欢无能,无助的感觉。
  18. The government's inept handling of the crisis.
    政府对危机的笨拙处理。
  19. 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。
  20. It's no skin off their nose if someone else hires away an inept employee.
    这不是他们的皮肤鼻子如果别人雇用了一个无能的员工。
  21. His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
    他处理不善使小事变大了。
  22. "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。
  23. It is well acknowledged that baby-face squad is inept for champion chaser under the contemporary soccer circumstance.
    资讯科技很好地被承认那个宝贝-脸的班对在同时代的足球环境下面的冠军猎人是不适当的。
  24. The price of oil today is not a result of greedy businessmen, or inept politicians.
    今天的油价不仅仅是贪婪的生意人或愚蠢的政治家造成的。
  25. A person considered inept or undesirable.
    笨蛋,傻瓜被认为是不中用的人。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. However, inept but thrifty Buffett Investment Management would still have accumulated$ 82m.
    然而,无能且吝啬的巴菲特投资管理公司仍可以积累8200万美元的资产。
  29. However, the British seem to have lost their chess-playing abilities and are proving remarkably inept at building alliances.
    然而,英国人似乎失去了博弈能力,在建立联盟方面表现笨拙。
  30. 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。

英英释义

adj

  1. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
    1. an inept remark
    2. it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable

    Synonym:    tactless

  2. generally incompetent and ineffectual
    1. feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
    2. inept handling of the account

    Synonym:    feckless

  3. 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