ineptitude

英 [ɪˈneptɪtjuːd]

美 [ɪˈneptɪtuːd]

n.  缺乏技巧; 无能; 笨拙

复数：ineptitudes　

GRE法律

BNC.20678 / COCA.20958

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏技巧；无能；笨拙
  lack of skill
  1. the ineptitude of the police in handling the situation
     警方在处理这个局面时的无能

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无能;笨拙
  If you refer to someone'sineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill.
  1. ...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander.
     盟军指挥官战术上的无能

英英释义

noun

• having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
  1. the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
  Synonym:worthlessness
• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  Synonym:awkwardnessclumsinessineptnessmaladroitnessslowness

双语例句

• What is the secret of this ineptitude?
  这种不称职的秘密是什么？
• It gained an advantage over silk, tea or gauze export in terms of price trends, fluctuation and actual price. The Prime Minister kept on top of the Opposition more by their ineptitude than by his own skill.
  其价格走势、震荡程度、实际价格与同时期主要进出口商品丝茶、纱布相比具有相对优势地位。是反对党的无能，而非他个人的领导艺术，使该首相处于优势地位。
• In the book she speaks of his “ social ineptitude ” and says he verbally abused her
  她在书中提到他“缺乏社交技能”，并且说他曾经对她出言不逊。
• But it is more important not to think lies, or to slide into those mechanical and untruthful habits of thought which are so pleasant and so easy as descents to mental ineptitude.
  但是更重要的是不去想谎言，也不陷入那些无意识的和不诚实的思维习惯，这种思维习惯令他如此惬意和自在，就象沦为智力低能一样。
• To spoil or lose through ineptitude.
  因无能而坏事或受损。
• The feeling of physical ineptitude was humiliating enough, but even more frustrating was the sense that there was something worth grasping, and that it was eluding me.
  感觉自己的身体条件差已足以让人感到羞辱，而更令人沮丧的是，你感觉有些东西值得去掌握，却掌握不了。
• Which are so pleasant and so easy as descents to mental ineptitude.
  它是如此地令人惬意和自在，如同滑向智力低能一样。
• Had you won even two more games it would have cost us the wild card, so really, we're here because of you're complete ineptitude against us.
  如果你再多赢两场或更多场比赛将使我们丧失外卡的名额，所以说真的，我们能有今天是因为你完全打不赢我们。
• I was amazed at their complete ineptitude in dealing with such a trivial matter.
  他们连这样的琐事都处理不好，真令我吃惊。
• Despite the ineptitude of Edison as manager, the general electric company he established would be the most successful of all businesses in the century that followed.
  尽管爱迪生管理无方，但他所创建的通用电气（ge）会成为接下来一个世纪里最成功的企业。