ineffectual

英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

adj.  无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的

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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
  1. an ineffectual teacher
     不称职的教师
  2. an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
     改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试

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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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

英英释义

adj

• not producing an intended effect
  1. an ineffective teacher
  2. ineffective legislation
  Synonym:ineffectiveuneffective
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveunable
• producing no result or effect
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
  Synonym:futileotioseunavailing

双语例句

• They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
  这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去，就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。
• After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
  他们徒劳无益地试了两三次之后，只见汤姆摇晃了两下，又扑通一声摔倒在地。
• He is a well-meaning but ineffectual leader
  他是个心有余而力不足的领导者。
• 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。
• He was well-meaning but ineffectual.
  他本意良好但没有效果。
• Ineffectual as a leader, teacher, etc.
  作领袖、作教师等不能胜任的。
• For those patients who are ineffectual to "three steps therapy" this method is a safe, effective and cheap analgesic means.
  该法对于“三阶梯疗法”无效的癌痛患者是一种安全、有效和廉价的止痛方法。
• 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。
• It is an ineffectual first strike.
  这是场毫无效果的攻击。
• Thanks to the ineffectual efforts of prosecutors many trials were lost or abandoned.
  由于检察官的无能，许多次审讯都失败或放弃了。