Incapable
[ɪn'keɪpəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'kepəbl]
解释:
(adj.) not meeting requirements; 'unequal to the demands put upon him' .
(adj.) (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; 'incapable of carrying a tune'; 'he is incapable of understanding the matter'; 'incapable of doing the work' .
(adj.) (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; 'simply incapable of lying' .
(adj.) not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of'); 'incapable of solution' .
卡尔顿手打--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.
(a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
(a.) Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.
(a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.
(a.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.
(n.) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Unqualified, unable, incapable, unfitted, weak, incompetent, feeble,disqualified, insufficient
ANT:Qualified, able, fitted, strong, clever
埃西手打
解释:
adj. not capable: insufficient unable: lacking mental capacity: unconscious of: helplessly drunk: disqualified.—n. one lacking capacity.—n. Incapabil′ity.—adv. Incap′ably.
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例句:
- God was the loving father of all life, as incapable of showing favour as the universal sun. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Yet the thought of Plato may not be wholly incapable of application to our own times. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The poor lady was incapable of telling me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Selden had given her of his best; but he was as incapable as herself of an uncritical return to former states of feeling. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It was an animating subject, and Mrs. Bennet seemed incapable of fatigue while enumerating the advantages of the match. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- He is incapable of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- He is incapable of arguing, and is bewildered by Socrates to such a degree that he does not know what he is saying. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I hope,' said the impressive lady, 'I am incapable of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Those men in Washington, most of them lawyers, are so educated that they are practically incapable of meeting a new condition. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The person who holds fast to that idea is forever incapable of understanding either men or constitutions. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- And the State which is enslaved under a tyrant is utterly incapable of acting voluntarily? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I listened to my father in silence, and remained for some time incapable of offering any reply. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- They are incapable of making their own nests, or of feeding their own larvae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- So does the eye of Heaven itself become an evil eye, when incapable or sordid hands are interposed between it and the things it looks upon to bless. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- But a coward, a man incapable either of defending or of revenging himself, evidently wants one of the most essential parts of the character of a man. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Shattered by my miserable health and my family troubles, I am incapable of resistance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I have intimated my view of the case: I am incapable of taking any other. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Of this conduct I am incapable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I am incapable of designs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The discovery--I don't know why--gave me such a shock, that I was perfectly incapable of speaking to her for the moment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- After the institution of feudal subordination, the king was as incapable of restraining the violence of the great lords as before. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- He is the most fearful of giving pain, of wounding expectation, and the most incapable of being selfish, of any body I ever saw. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- We talked of change and active pursuits, but still remained at Windsor, incapable of violating the charm that attached us to our secluded life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Such tales may possibly have a mystical interpretation, but the young are incapable of understanding allegory. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Losses under this system have grown so small as to be almost incapable of mathematical calculation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- He was quite incapable of any compassionate feeling about the boy, or about his fate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- And yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points which must be gone into before a case could be laid before a judge or jury. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
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