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unable

/uhn-ey-buhl/US // ʌnˈeɪ bəl //UK // (ʌnˈeɪbəl) //

无法,不能,不能的,无法进行

Related Words

weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱impotent无能为力,无能,无能的人,无能的unfit不合适的,不合适,不适当的,不适合incapable无能的,无能,无能力的,无能力inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的helpless无能为力,无助的,束手无策,无能为力的powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势sidelined被搁置的,被排挤的,被搁置,边缘化not able不可能,不会,不能够,不可以clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙incapacitated无能力的,丧失能力的,无能力的人,丧失能力incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用inefficacious不起作用,不起作用的,不有效,不有效的inefficient效率低下,效率不高,效率低,低效率inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力inoperative失效,无法操作,失效的,失灵out of commission停用,失业,停工,失效unqualified不合格的,不合格,无资格,无保留的unskilled非技术性,非熟练,非技术性的,非熟练的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not having talent, skill
Synonyms
helpless无能为力,无助的,束手无策,无能为力的impotent无能为力,无能,无能的人,无能的inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的incapable无能的,无能,无能力的,无能力not able不可能,不会,不能够,不可以powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势sidelined被搁置的,被排挤的,被搁置,边缘化unfit不合适的,不合适,不适当的,不适合weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱can't cut it剪不掉,剪不了,剪不掉的,经不起推敲can't hack it黑不了,黑不住,黑不溜秋,黑不过can't make the grade不成器,不够格,不成材,不成气候clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙impuissant冒失鬼,冒冒失失的,冒冒失失,冒牌货incapacitated无能力的,丧失能力的,无能力的人,丧失能力incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用inefficacious不起作用,不起作用的,不有效,不有效的inefficient效率低下,效率不高,效率低,低效率inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力inoperative失效,无法操作,失效的,失灵no can do不可以这样做,不可以,不可以的,不可以做no good不好,不行,无益,不妙not cut out for不适合,不适合的,不适合的人,不适合做not equal to不等于,不等同于,不比,不等not up to达不到,不到,不符合,不够out of commission停用,失业,停工,失效unfitted未配备的,不合适的,不适合的,未配备unqualified不合格的,不合格,无资格,无保留的unskilled非技术性,非熟练,非技术性的,非熟练的

Examples

  • Early last year, health officials did not urge their use because of concerns health workers would be unable to get them.

  • Meanwhile, athletes are left to wait, unable to compete and their ability to hold formal practices or access training facilities varying by school.

  • The Somali and Oromo callers were also unable to listen to the meeting, since it wasn’t translated for them.

  • I feared she’d been drenched and unable to withstand the chill.

  • Because if we don’t — if we don’t, then conservatives all across this country will be unable to speak, they’ll be unable to do business, they’ll be unable to be heard.

  • That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

  • Those opposing same-sex marriage are on their heels, and increasingly unwilling or unable to make a stand against it.

  • But at this stage, he is either afraid or unable to get carried away by his thoughts.

  • Lee would stay up late, unable to sleep from the pains he had in his back.

  • In the name of protecting passengers, however, tourists in Las Vegas are unable to take advantage of this service.

  • As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.

  • Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.

  • The exertions of the city authorities, who had notice of the meditated riot, were unable to prevent or quell it.

  • We stood staring after the fugitives in perfect bewilderment, totally unable to explain their apparently causeless panic.

  • The young woman was unable to answer; she pressed the hand of the pianist convulsively.

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