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

• His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
  他处理不善使小事变大了。
• Do you yearn for intimate relationships yet feel that you are too socially inept to obtain them?
  你会渴望亲密的关系只因为你觉得自己在社交上太笨拙而无法获得吗？
• 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。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• We find it hard to believe that someone could be this inept on purpose.
  我们觉得很难相信有人会故意这么无能。
• "India has been shamed globally-by politicians and officials who have been exposed as callous and inept, and possibly corrupt," the newspaper said.
  “印度在全世界面前丢了一次丑&由于官僚和机构的冷漠和无能，和可能的腐败。”报纸说。
• 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。
• 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。
• In fact, those people who were most inept were also the most likely to overestimate their abilities.
  实际上，那些无能的人最有可能过高地估计自己的能力。
• I was a hopelessly inept student.
  我是个笨得无可救药的学生。