英:[ɪˈneptɪtju:d]
美:[ɪˈneptɪttud]
英:[ɪˈneptɪtju:d]
美:[ɪˈneptɪttud]
in·ep·ti·tude
ihn ep tih tud
词根:inept
adj.inept 笨拙的;不适当的
"the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
1610年代,源自法语 ineptitude,源自拉丁语 ineptitudo,是由 ineptus(意为“不合适的,荒谬的”)构成的质量名词(参见 inept)。
Latin ineptitudo, from ineptus
The first known use of ineptitude was in 1615
1 They joked about his ineptitude.
他们取笑他肚子大。
2 Here the limitations of habit — one dancer’s eagerness and the other’s ineptitude — yield choreographic invention, two dispositions producing a third.
3 In the end, some eighteen hundred people died, and more than half a million others were displaced, a tragedy exacerbated by the ineptitude of the federal government’s response.
4 As well as criticising the establishment, Unlawful Killing also berated the British press for its ineptitude.
5 She did not want to expose her ineptitude by asking among the nurses or porters.
6 The grandiosity and ineptitude of the cops and of the Fenians reminded me of Conrad’s “The Secret Agent.”
7 President Trump’s first 100 days in office, judging by his own campaign promises, have been a disaster, with his administration bogged down by scandals, infighting, and ineptitude.
8 Added to the mediocrity and ineptitude of our ruling class there was an oil boom, which has produced an unparalleled period of decadence and decline.
我们除了有一个碌碌无为和能力低下的统治阶层,还迎来了石油危机,进入一个前所未有的衰落时期。
9 Populating the novel is the usual cast of characters, foremost among them the cop shop’s inimitable secretary, Agatino Catarella, who blends obsequiousness, prudery and verbal ineptitude into a patois all his own.
10 That Ineptitude for Society, which is frequently the Fault of us Scholars.
11 Sure, Under the Dome has plenty of fans who legitimately love it, but there are plenty of us reveling in its ineptitude.
12 These days the story ballet has become the Charlie Brown of the dance world: earnest and clumsy, eager to rise to the occasion, yet repeatedly defeated by ineptitude.
13 Because they began in places of utter ineptitude and painfully ascended to the status of hardened veterans, Strayed, Bryson, and Coelho were able to fashion engaging emotional trajectories for their books.
14 WELL, THAT WAS THE MOST STUNNING DISPLAY OF INEPTITUDE I'VE EVER WITNESSED.
现在好了, 这是最好的证明,我永远不行.
15 "The entire process of planning for a post-war Iraq", he writes, "was Mired in ineptitude, poor organisation and indifference."
“整个筹划战后伊拉克的过程”,他写道,“被无能、拙劣的组织和冷漠困扰。”
16 the nurse's ineptitude made it clear that she would be happier in a different line of work
17 Compare the insipid ineptitude of Steve McClaren with Mourinho's all-action tactical acumen.
比较一下史蒂夫·麦克拉伦枯燥无味的无能和穆里尼奥完全付诸行动的战术才能。
18 Often, I would drink too much, too quickly, trying to overcome my anxiety and mask my dating ineptitude, but I don’t think things would have gone any better had I been stone-cold sober.
19 Matt’s hilarious, harrowing descent into cockeyed schemes and impulsive ineptitude is not, Walter stresses, autobiographical.
20 Sobriety is not the point of “Elementary”; the deductive powers and social ineptitude of its famous lead and his relationship with Watson are what drive the show.
2 不熟练
raw awkward inept amateurish inexpert maladroit unversed unpractised poor amateur rusty shaky ragged unskilled untried no great shakes
3 愚笨
fat-brained hebetate fat-witted beef-witted mental wet pudding clumsy headless imbecile witless daffy empty-headed feather-brained bullet-headed thickness folly stupidity imbecility niaiserie pudding headed
4 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity folly stupidity absurdity silliness dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery
6 不适当
wrong inappropriate punk inadequate insufficient improper incompetent unfit indecent unwise inept incongruous untoward unbecoming inopportune unsuited incongruent impertinent ill-considered incommensurate inexpedient inapt infelicitous malapropos unapt amiss unseemly inexpedience incompetence insufficiency inadequacy impropriety indecency impertinence incorrectness inaptitude indispose uncalled for
12 无能
useless ineffective hopeless inept impotent ineffectual spastic duff tinpot ineptly inability impotence ineffectiveness worthlessness bungling clueless incapacious incapable helpless incompetent powerless talentless effete shiftless footless unaccomplished inapt nonability disability disable paralysis inefficiency palsy incompetence emptiness bumble inaptitude impuissance
14 不称职
15 笨拙
cack-handed wooden awkward angular cumbersome clumsy inept heavy-handed uncoordinated spastic ungainly gauche bungling gawky blundering maladroit awkwardly clumsily ineptly ponderously maladroitly awkwardness clumsiness dense unwieldy ponderous fumbling lumpish graceless be all fingers and thumbs be all thumbs