unable
英 [ʌnˈeɪbl]
美 [ʌnˈeɪbl]
adj. 没有所需技能(或力量、时间、知识等); 未能; 无法
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- He lay there, unable to move.
他躺在那里动弹不得。 - I tried to contact him but was unable to.
我试着跟他联系，却没联系上。
- He lay there, unable to move.
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.- 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。 - 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。”
- The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...
英英释义
adj
- (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
- unable to get to town without a car
- unable to obtain funds
- lacking in power or forcefulness
- an ineffectual ruler
- like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
双语例句
- He advanced funds of his own to his company, which was unable to repay him.
他把自己的资金预付给他的公司，而公司却不能把钱偿还给他。 - 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。 - I was so overpowered by my guilt and my shame that I was unable to speak.
内疚和羞愧令我无地自容，难以启齿。 - He was unable to control his sensibility
他不能控制自己的过分敏感。 - 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。 - Many areas in the country's interior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.
该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。 - The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next
接下来该走哪一步，这两个国家还未能就此达成一致意见。 - She was unable to find employment
她没能找到工作。 - They were unable to prove that she died as a direct result of his injection
他们无法证明她的死是由于他的注射直接引起的。 - 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。”