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

• 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。
• 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。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• They also do not like feeling inept or helpless.
  他们也不喜欢无能，无助的感觉。
• 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。
• 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。