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。
• We find it hard to believe that someone could be this inept on purpose.
  我们觉得很难相信有人会故意这么无能。
• 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。
• It just felt inept and desperately patchy.
  这只是感觉无能和拼命参差不齐。
• He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern
  他没有什么能力，缺乏管理才干。
• It's no skin off their nose if someone else hires away an inept employee.
  这不是他们的皮肤鼻子如果别人雇用了一个无能的员工。
• However, inept but thrifty Buffett Investment Management would still have accumulated$ 82m.
  然而，无能且吝啬的巴菲特投资管理公司仍可以积累8200万美元的资产。
• A person considered inept or undesirable.
  笨蛋，傻瓜被认为是不中用的人。
• Do you yearn for intimate relationships yet feel that you are too socially inept to obtain them?
  你会渴望亲密的关系只因为你觉得自己在社交上太笨拙而无法获得吗？
• 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。