unable

英 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

美 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

adj.  没有所需技能(或力量、时间、知识等); 未能; 无法

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1474 / COCA.2136

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有所需技能（或力量、时间、知识等）；未能；无法
  not having the skill, strength, time, knowledge, etc. to do sth
  1. He lay there, unable to move.
     他躺在那里动弹不得。
  2. I tried to contact him but was unable to.
     我试着跟他联系，却没联系上。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不能…的；无法…的
  If you areunable todo something, it is impossible for you to do it, for example because you do not have the necessary skill or knowledge, or because you do not have enough time or money.
  1. The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...
     军方可能会觉得明年难以将政权移交给一位民选总统。
  2. Unable any longer to keep from breaking in she said, 'I simply cannot believe you're serious.'
     她再也忍不住了，便插话道：“我真不敢相信你是认真的。”

英英释义

adj

• (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
  1. unable to get to town without a car
  2. unable to obtain funds
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveineffectual

双语例句

• She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events
  她仅有一次没能控制和处理好局势。
• He had been unable to escape the cruelties of war.
  他没能逃脱战争的残酷。
• Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again
  他抑制不住冲动，又向海面瞥了一眼。
• He was unable to take nourishment for several days.
  他有几天不能吃东西了。
• He had been unable to keep to his schedule.
  他没能遵循自己的计划。
• I was unable to shake off my self-pity
  我无法摆脱自怜自哀的情绪。
• I am simply unable to call to mind his name.
  我实在想不起来他的名字了。
• For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it.
  数月来，我一直不是不愿意就是没办法做这件事。
• She was unable to find employment
  她没能找到工作。
• The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope.
  经济变化得如此之快，以致税收系统都应付不过来了。