unable

英[ʌnˈeɪbl]美[ʌnˈeɪbl]

adj.不能…的，无法…的；

例句

It's too bad that you are unable to relate to the environment.你不能适应环境, 这太糟糕了。

They are standing in while the others are unable to take part.当别人不能参加时, 他们就去代替。

The ice blocks up the river, making the upstream water unable to flow.冰把河道堵住了, 上游的水流不下来。

The patient was so weak that the nurse was unable to get him up.这病人弱得很, 护士扶都扶不起来。

Despite their valiant efforts, they were unable to save the child’s life.他们虽然很勇敢地努力抢救, 却没能救回小孩的生命。

The authorities were unable to jam this wavelength.当*无法干扰这一波长。

She had a stroke and was unable to walk again.她中风后再也不能走路了。

He is unable to do the job for lack of experience.他缺少经验不能胜任这项工作。

A little baby is unable to walk or talk.婴儿是不会走路或说话的。

The shop was unable to supply what she wanted.这商店不能供应她所需要的商品。

英语六级真题

Most recruiters are unable to control their racial biases.

If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them.

To date, the US has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in.

It renders us unable to concentrate

Often they wind up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.

But surely everyone reading this has had times when you lie in bed for hours, unable to fall asleep because your brain is thinking about work.

But when two H-bots became imperiled, the robot choked 42 percent of the time, unable to decide which to save and letting them both.

Otherwise, it would be unable to grow from a seedling.

Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.

They have to give so much thought and attention to the low-level mechanics of handling the ball, or fingering the keys or reading the music, that they are unable to give any thought to the thing that matters—the game, or the music, respectively.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ

不能…的；无法…的

If you are unable to do 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.

例句

英汉词典释义

adj.

不能的;不会的

不熟练的;不能胜任的

没有所需技能（或力量、时间、知识等）；未能；无法

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how;

2. (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability;

3. lacking in power or forcefulness;