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

• Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women.
  迪克不善于和妇女社交，很不自在。
• 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。
• A person considered inept or undesirable.
  笨蛋，傻瓜被认为是不中用的人。
• Others on the right deplore the mistakes of inept regulation, lax monetary policy and poor policy responses.
  右派人士则痛斥无能的监管、宽松的货币政策与糟糕的政策回应的失误。
• 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。
• 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。
• His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
  他处理不善使小事变大了。
• They were neither aggressive, inept nor ostentatious.
  他们既不好斗、不愚蠢，也不爱炫耀自己。
• He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern
  他没有什么能力，缺乏管理才干。
• Accordingly, his peers judged him an inept instructor and ill-suited to a scholarly career.
  因此，他的同事断定他作为讲师不称职，不适合学者事业。