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ineffectual

英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

adj.  无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的

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Collins.1 / BNC.14052 / COCA.17367

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 无能的;软弱的;达不到目的的
      without the ability to achieve much; weak; not achieving what you want to
      1. an ineffectual teacher
        不称职的教师
      2. an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
        改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED 不起作用的;徒劳无益的
      If someone or something isineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
      1. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
        市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
      2. ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
        过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划

    英英释义

    adj

    • not producing an intended effect
      1. an ineffective teacher
      2. ineffective legislation
      Synonym:ineffectiveuneffective
    • lacking in power or forcefulness
      1. an ineffectual ruler
      2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
      Synonym:ineffectiveunable
    • producing no result or effect
      1. a futile effort
      2. the therapy was ineffectual
      3. an otiose undertaking
      4. an unavailing attempt
      Synonym:futileotioseunavailing

    双语例句

    • Dog-days n. [ pl.] She had felt at the same time that he was helpless and ineffectual.
      三伏天,大热天;无所作为的时期,无精打采的日子。同时她也看到了他的孤弱无能,无所作为。
    • In his view, the Commission remains a toothless and ineffectual body.
      在他看来,委员会仍然是一个没有实权、不起作用的机构。
    • They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
      这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去,就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。
    • Either way, it can be argued that fiscal policy can influence parts of the system in which monetary policy is shown to be at best ineffectual, or at worst pace Mr Greenspan harmful.
      这两点均说明,财政政策可以对经济体系中的部分领域产生影响,而事实证明,货币政策在最好的情况下是无效,而在最坏的情况下如格林斯潘所言则是有害的。
    • Dissertations that sound choppy or stuttered are for the most part ineffectual and will most likely fail to impress.
      论文的声音断断续续或结结巴巴的大部分是无效的,并很可能将无法留下深刻的印象。
    • A genial but ineffectual man.
      一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。
    • Unfortunately, a vacuous slogan is underpinned by ineffectual proposals.
      遗憾的是,这个空洞的口号只得到无效提议的支撑。
    • Big Brussels initiatives to arrest Europe's long-term economic decline have proved ineffectual.
      大布鲁塞尔想要阻止欧洲长期经济衰退的努力已经被证实不给力了。
    • Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
      我们的情报部门人员缺乏训练,机构臃肿,简直毫无用处。
    • An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
      严重失败或完全不起作用的行为。