ineffectual
英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]
美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]
adj. 无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的
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- an ineffectual teacher
不称职的教师 - an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试
- an ineffectual teacher
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.- 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。 - ...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
- The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
英英释义
adj
- not producing an intended effect
- an ineffective teacher
- ineffective legislation
- lacking in power or forcefulness
- an ineffectual ruler
- like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
双语例句
- 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。 - Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。 - And who could have foreseen that Paris, London, Warsaw, Stockholm and Rome would be absent or ineffectual?
谁能预料到巴黎、伦敦、华沙、斯德哥尔摩和罗马会缺席或无所作为? - In the case of Mr Obama, it is based on the perception that he is ineffectual.
对奥巴马的不信任建立在人们认为他无效的基础之上。 - An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
严重失败或完全不起作用的行为。 - The middle class is weak and ineffectual and tends to become dependent on and subservient to the ruling class.
中产阶级软弱无能,趋向依赖和屈服于统治阶级。 - A genial but ineffectual man.
一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。 - 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。 - If leaders and officials electoral cannot act as representatives of the nation or people, councilors are entitled to supervise or dismiss ineffectual or corrupt ones in power.
如果选出不能代表国家和人民利益的领导者和官员,议员就有权监督或罢免正在运行而无所作为或腐败的的领导者或官员。 - He is a well-meaning but ineffectual leader
他是个心有余而力不足的领导者。