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

• Against the backdrop of ineptitude and risk-aversion at TEPCO headquarters, admiration for him is understandable.
  鉴于东电总部的无能和不敢正视风险的态度，吉田雅夫受到敬仰是可以理解的。
• 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。
• 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。
• He also wishes to comment upon the ineptitude and insignificance of human beings in relation to our own mortality and the magnificence and endlessness of nature.
  同时他也想谈论的是，相对于我们自身的死亡和伟大恒久的大自然，人类的无能及渺小。
• 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 if the eurozone crisis worsens, blaming European ineptitude will do little good: a strong IMF will be better for all.
  但是如果欧元区危机恶化，那么责怪欧洲人无能也无济于事：强大的imf对大家都是一件好事。
• Most of this radicalism was hidden from the British electorate that voted her into office in 1979, largely in frustration with Labour's ineptitude.
  她把这种激进主义的大部分内容都隐藏起来，英国选民把她选进政府的主要是出于对工党无能的失望。
• To spoil or lose through ineptitude.
  因无能而坏事或受损。
• 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。
• Can't forbear criticizing their ineptitude.
  禁不住要批评他们的笨拙。