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

• The Palestinians have lost at every turn, mostly through their own ineptitude.
  巴勒斯坦人已经失去动辄大多是通过自己的不称职。
• The public sector deficit, popular outrage at bankers 'greed and ineptitude, and a realisation that light touch was the wrong touch caused many of the totemic City-friendly policies to be reversed.
  公共部门赤字、公众对于银行家贪婪和无能的愤怒，加之人们认识到温和监管是错误的政策，所有这些都导致许多有利于伦敦城的标志性政策被逆转。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ineptitude of this is best illustrated by a diagram.
  这种做法的不利之处最好用图来加以说明。
• It gained an advantage over silk, tea or gauze export in terms of price trends, fluctuation and actual price. The Prime Minister kept on top of the Opposition more by their ineptitude than by his own skill.
  其价格走势、震荡程度、实际价格与同时期主要进出口商品丝茶、纱布相比具有相对优势地位。是反对党的无能，而非他个人的领导艺术，使该首相处于优势地位。
• But if the eurozone crisis worsens, blaming European ineptitude will do little good: a strong IMF will be better for all.
  但是如果欧元区危机恶化，那么责怪欧洲人无能也无济于事：强大的imf对大家都是一件好事。
• For some, it also represents ridicule for ineptitude, feelings of inferiority and a sense of inadequacy.
  而在某些方面，它也代表着对于不称职、自卑感以及某种不充分感的嘲笑。