ineptitude

英 [ɪˈneptɪtjuːd]

美 [ɪˈneptɪtuːd]

n.  缺乏技巧; 无能; 笨拙

复数：ineptitudes　

GRE法律

BNC.20678 / COCA.20958

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏技巧；无能；笨拙
  lack of skill
  1. the ineptitude of the police in handling the situation
     警方在处理这个局面时的无能

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无能;笨拙
  If you refer to someone'sineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill.
  1. ...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander.
     盟军指挥官战术上的无能

英英释义

noun

• having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
  1. the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
  Synonym:worthlessness
• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  Synonym:awkwardnessclumsinessineptnessmaladroitnessslowness

双语例句

• But it is more important not to think lies, or to slide into those mechanical and untruthful habits of thought which are so pleasant and so easy as descents to mental ineptitude.
  但是更重要的是不去想谎言，也不陷入那些无意识的和不诚实的思维习惯，这种思维习惯令他如此惬意和自在，就象沦为智力低能一样。
• Is "sorry" the best America gets for the ineptitude, incompetence, reckless and abusive behaviors of those on Wall Street and their regulatory overseers in Washington after driving our markets and economy over the cliff?
  在那些华尔街菁英以及华盛顿的监管官员们种种无知无畏而又无法无天的行为将我们的市场和经济推下悬崖后，我们能听到的就只是一声“抱歉”吗？
• The feeling of physical ineptitude was humiliating enough, but even more frustrating was the sense that there was something worth grasping, and that it was eluding me.
  感觉自己的身体条件差已足以让人感到羞辱，而更令人沮丧的是，你感觉有些东西值得去掌握，却掌握不了。
• He also wishes to comment upon the ineptitude and insignificance of human beings in relation to our own mortality and the magnificence and endlessness of nature.
  同时他也想谈论的是，相对于我们自身的死亡和伟大恒久的大自然，人类的无能及渺小。
• Most of this radicalism was hidden from the British electorate that voted her into office in 1979, largely in frustration with Labour's ineptitude.
  她把这种激进主义的大部分内容都隐藏起来，英国选民把她选进政府的主要是出于对工党无能的失望。
• That may be the one virtue of the rising yen and the destruction it wreaks: It is exposing the ineptitude of the Hatoyama administration's economic policies.
  或许日圆升值和其衍生的破坏不全是坏事，至少我们学到一点，它暴露了鸠山政府的经济政策的颟顸。
• Had you won even two more games it would have cost us the wild card, so really, we're here because of you're complete ineptitude against us.
  如果你再多赢两场或更多场比赛将使我们丧失外卡的名额，所以说真的，我们能有今天是因为你完全打不赢我们。
• Which are so pleasant and so easy as descents to mental ineptitude.
  它是如此地令人惬意和自在，如同滑向智力低能一样。
• There are also several you can't, notably ineptitude and bad luck.
  有些事情是你没法控制的，比如说，能力不足或是运气不好。
• Can't forbear criticizing their ineptitude.
  禁不住要批评他们的笨拙。