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

• 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？
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• 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。