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

• 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。
• You are completely inept at writing.
  你完全拙于写作。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• It's no skin off their nose if someone else hires away an inept employee.
  这不是他们的皮肤鼻子如果别人雇用了一个无能的员工。
• The government's inept handling of the crisis.
  政府对危机的笨拙处理。
• 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。