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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was a hopelessly inept student.
  我是个笨得无可救药的学生。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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？