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

• You are completely inept at writing.
  你完全拙于写作。
• 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。
• The government's inept handling of the crisis.
  政府对危机的笨拙处理。
• I'm blind, not inept!
  我眼睛瞎了，并不是不中用了！
• 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 were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• It is well acknowledged that baby-face squad is inept for champion chaser under the contemporary soccer circumstance.
  资讯科技很好地被承认那个宝贝-脸的班对在同时代的足球环境下面的冠军猎人是不适当的。
• He was severely criticized for his inept handling of the crisis.
  因处理危机不善，他受到了严厉的批评。
• 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。