incapable

英 [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl] 美 [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl]

adj.  没有能力(做某事); 不能克制自己的; 不能自理的; 什么事也做不好的

CET6TEM8机械

Collins.1 / BNC.6335 / COCA.7779



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 没有能力(做某事)
    not able to do sth
    1. incapable of speech
      不会说话
    2. The children seem to be totally incapable of working by themselves.
      孩子们好像完全不能独自做事。
  2. 不能克制自己的;不能自理的;什么事也做不好的
    not able to control yourself or your affairs; not able to do anything well
    1. He was found lying in the road, drunk and incapable.
      他被发现躺在路上,烂醉如泥。
    2. If people keep telling you you're incapable, you begin to lose confidence in yourself.
      如果人们不断地对你说你无能,你就开始失去自信了。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 无能力的;不能的
    Someone who is incapable of doing something is unable to do it.
    1. She seemed incapable of taking decisions...
      她似乎无法作出决定。
    2. He was a man incapable of violence.
      他不是个会施暴的人。
  2. ADJ 软弱无能的;蠢笨的
    An incapable person is weak or stupid.
    1. He lost his job for allegedly being incapable.
      据说他由于软弱无能而丢掉了工作。

双语例句

  1. He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one
    他分不清主意的好坏。
  2. She seemed incapable of taking decisions
    她似乎无法作出决定。
  3. He was a man incapable of violence.
    他不是个会施暴的人。
  4. He lost his job for allegedly being incapable.
    据说他由于软弱无能而丢掉了工作。
  5. It is legally possible for an elderly person to nominate someone to act for them, should they become incapable of looking after themselves.
    从法律上来说,如果老人生活不能自理,他可以指定某人为其代理事务。
  6. Incapable management ruined the company.
    无能的经营管理断送了公司。
  7. Are you that incapable?
    你难道是吃干饭的?
  8. But I know her to be incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone.
    但我知道她无法欺骗任何人?
  9. You friend is incapable of handling your own problems.
    你的朋友没能力处理你自己的问题。
  10. As long as I have incapable question, it can help me immediately solve.
    只要我有不会的问题,它可以马上帮我解决。
  11. Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune.
    感情上我是有意于协调的,但在器官上却无法调正。
  12. Suddenly tests and radiologists are incapable of error?
    突然见测试和放射学家都不会出错了?
  13. Those incapable workers are sleeping all the day.
    那些能干的工人睡了一整天了。
  14. He is an incapable person and he can do nothing.
    他是个没有能力的人,他什么也不会做。
  15. Incapable of being overcome or subdued.
    复仇者终于被征服了。不能够被战胜或者征服。
  16. Until humanity was incapable of solving even its most basic problems.
    人类连最基本的问题都无法解决了。
  17. He's a sort of people who're incapable of deceiving you.
    他是那种不会欺骗你的人。
  18. Cars are things and things are incapable of having feelings of the sort that we do.
    汽车是东西,东西是没有,能力有和我们一样的感觉的。
  19. God is immutable, incapable of change on the levels of God's essence and character.
    上帝是永远不变的,上帝的本质和特征是无法改变的。
  20. Having been a scientific researcher for many years, I gradually realized how limited and incapable we humans are.
    从事科学研究工作多年来,我逐渐认识到《圣经》所说的我们人的局限性。
  21. Otherwise you would say we were incapable of that too.
    否则你会说我们对那也没有能力。
  22. If the student is not happy he is incapable of learning this art.
    如果学生不快乐,他就不能学习这门艺术。
  23. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it.
    如果我认为我不到什么事情的话,我通常就会因此变得无能。
  24. He's incapable of it; all he can give me is esteem and affection.
    他理解不了;他能给我的一切就是尊重和爱护。
  25. It's something you seem to be incapable of doing.
    而这好像是你做不到的事情。
  26. Not because I am incapable, just because of the rigid exam system.
    不是因为我没有能力,而是因为考试的系统太死板。
  27. She made me feel stupid and incapable.
    她让我觉得自己笨拙无能。
  28. That you are both mentally and physically incapable of managing yourself oryour affairs.
    你在精神上和身体上都没法照顾好你自己或你的事物。
  29. This neglect is short-sighted as it has left many regions incapable of performing drug-resistance testing or culture-based diagnosis.
    忽视这方面情况是没有远见的,使多地区无法进行耐药性测试和细菌培养式的诊断。
  30. I was quite incapable of moving with influenza. I am all right now.
    我患了流感,一点也不能动,现在好了。

英英释义

adj

  1. not meeting requirements
    1. unequal to the demands put upon him

    Synonym:    incompetentunequal to(p)

  2. (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
    1. incapable of carrying a tune
    2. he is incapable of understanding the matter
    3. incapable of doing the work

  3. (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for
    1. simply incapable of lying