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

• Is "sorry" the best America gets for the ineptitude, incompetence, reckless and abusive behaviors of those on Wall Street and their regulatory overseers in Washington after driving our markets and economy over the cliff?
  在那些华尔街菁英以及华盛顿的监管官员们种种无知无畏而又无法无天的行为将我们的市场和经济推下悬崖后，我们能听到的就只是一声“抱歉”吗？
• 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。
• What is the secret of this ineptitude?
  这种不称职的秘密是什么？
• Here are the second annual Meanie Awards for outstanding achievement in the field of human ineptitude.
  以下是第二届年度“闲说奖”获奖名单，授予那些在人类愚行领域取得杰出成就的人士。
• Here, I would argue, simple ineptitude seems to be a bigger problem than disinclination to co-operate.
  依我见，在这个问题上，相比不愿合作的态度，纯粹的无能似乎是更严重的问题。
• For some, it also represents ridicule for ineptitude, feelings of inferiority and a sense of inadequacy.
  而在某些方面，它也代表着对于不称职、自卑感以及某种不充分感的嘲笑。
• 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。
• 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。
• That may be the one virtue of the rising yen and the destruction it wreaks: It is exposing the ineptitude of the Hatoyama administration's economic policies.
  或许日圆升值和其衍生的破坏不全是坏事，至少我们学到一点，它暴露了鸠山政府的经济政策的颟顸。
• The world economy would still have to grapple with ineptitude elsewhere and with weak growth.
  世界经济仍将必须设法解决其他国家未能妥善处理经济危机及全球经济增长缓慢的问题。