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

• Suddenly tests and radiologists are incapable of error?
  突然见测试和放射学家都不会出错了？
• You friend is incapable of handling your own problems.
  你的朋友没能力处理你自己的问题。
• He's a sort of people who're incapable of deceiving you.
  他是那种不会欺骗你的人。
• Are you that incapable?
  你难道是吃干饭的？
• Those incapable workers are sleeping all the day.
  那些能干的工人睡了一整天了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Otherwise you would say we were incapable of that too.
  否则你会说我们对那也没有能力。
• 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。