inept

[美]/ɪˈnept/
[英]/ɪˈnept/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 不适当的;笨拙的

例句

They're inept at tennis.

他们根本不会打网球。

He was an inept politician.

他是个无能的政客。

inept handling of the account.

笨拙地处理帐目

the referee's inept handling of the match.

该裁判对这场比赛的拙劣处理。

an inept attempt to put things right

想把事情弄妥当的努力徒然

Whan an inept remark to make on such a formal occasion.

在如此正式的场合, 怎么说这样不恰当的话。

If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?

不得体的评论。

原声例句

In the confidential memos, Kim Darroch called Trump's administration inept.

在机密备忘录中,达罗克称特朗普政府无能。

来源: BBC Listening Collection July 2019

If anything, his well-meaning, but often inept, policies contributed to the malaise.

相反,他的良好意图,但是通常无力的政策还加速了这一低迷。

来源: The rise and fall of superpowers.

Mr Bush tainted America's values with inept invasion, prisoner abuse and imperial overstretch.

布什政府因不当入侵,虐囚,以及强权扩张,玷污了美国的价值观。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

For example, the speaker describes the regular police as " bumblingly inept."

例如,教授将普通警察形容为“笨手笨脚”。

来源: ETS Official TOEFL Guide

We mean you're not alone or defective or inept.

我们的意思是你不是一个人,不是有缺陷的,也不是无能之人。

来源: Psychology Mini Class

Sometimes I laugh because characters are socially inept and encounter embarrassing mix-ups.

有时我会因为角色显得社交无并遇到令人尴尬的混乱情况而发笑。

来源: TOEFL Speaking Preparation Guide

Then there's Spongebob's best friend, the inept starfish Patrick.

还有海绵宝宝最好的朋友,无能的海星帕特里克。

来源: The importance of English names.

Parents fret that staring at screens all day has made youngsters socially inept face-to-face.

年轻人整天盯着屏幕看来看去已经让他们人与人之间的社交活动变得很生疏,父母们对此很担忧。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

And her dog—maybe it's true—it's one of the most inept, impossible dogs to ever take care of.

而她的狗,也许她写得没错,是她照顾过最笨、也最难搞的狗。

来源: Bill Gates on Reading

By turns it has been inept and indecisive over this affair, while failing to get anything else done either.

无力在其他事上有所突破的同时,在这件事上的转变只代表其无能和犹豫不决。

来源: The Economist - International

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