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.

• 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。
• 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

• ADJ 无能力的;不能的
  Someone who isincapable ofdoing 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。
• ADJ 软弱无能的;蠢笨的
  Anincapableperson 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。

英英释义

adj

• not meeting requirements
  1. unequal to the demands put upon him
  Synonym:incompetentunequal to(p)
• (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
• (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for
  1. simply incapable of lying

双语例句

• Are you that incapable?
  你难道是吃干饭的？
• 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。
• He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one
  他分不清主意的好坏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She made me feel stupid and incapable.
  她让我觉得自己笨拙无能。
• Those incapable workers are sleeping all the day.
  那些能干的工人睡了一整天了。
• 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。