Unable
[ʌn'eɪb(ə)l] or [ʌn'ebl]
解释:
(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' .
(adj.) (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; 'dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately'; 'the sun was unable to melt enough snow' .
编辑:梅森--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
哈恩编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. Incapable, incompetent, not able, impotent, powerless.
编辑:瑞伊
解释:
adj. not able: not having sufficient strength power or skill: weak: impotent.
艾布拉姆编辑
例句:
- Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- General Scott had been unable to get clothing for the troops from the North. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Whether Mr. Murdstone knew where I was, I am unable to say. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Brian de Bois-Guilbert rolled on the field, encumbered with the stirrup, from which he was unable to draw his foot. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It is needless to say that I was quite unable to afford him the information he wanted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Fear overcame me; I dared not advance, dreading a thousand nameless evils that made me tremble, although I was unable to define them. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Mr. Mivart has advanced this case as one of special difficulty, but I am unable to see the force of his argument. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- She was audaciously prejudiced in my favour, and quite unable to understand why I should have any misgivings, or be low-spirited about it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- During the day General Meade's advance had considerable fighting with the enemy's rear-guard, but was unable to bring on a general engagement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- My left arm, though it presented no bad symptoms, took, in the natural course, so long to heal that I was still unable to get a coat on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I was then taken to Vicksburg, where I remained unable to move for some time afterwards. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Now make haste,' said Mr. Wardle; for the fat boy was hanging fondly over a capon, which he seemed wholly unable to part with. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I was myself consulted upon the case, but I was unable to throw any light upon it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- My greatest danger would lie in her consulting Mrs. Fraser, and I at a distance unable to help my own cause. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Maurice, replied Mrs Dengelton severely, unable to parry this attack, remember your cousin is in the room. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- That worthy lady being unable to obtain one, and being steadfastly denied admission, Mr Meagles besought Arthur to essay once more what he could do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- I was unable to speak to him, I was unable to resist him when he took my arm. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The wind, favourable to him, blew so strongly in shore, that we were unable, as we had at first intended, to meet him on his watery road. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I read these words over and over again: I felt that an explanation belonged to them, and was unable fully to penetrate their import. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I could not ask you back at first, Eustacia, for I was unable to persuade myself that he who was with you was not there as a lover. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The students of languages (philologists) tell us that they are unable to trace with certainty any common features in all the languages of mankind. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A battle ensued, but he was unable to drive Hardee away before night set in. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Unable to answer this question in a breath, I evaded it by change of subject. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He was still for two or three minutes, which seemed endless to her, unable to speak or move, gasping for breath. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The ministry were unable longer to oppose their wishes. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Reluctantly, I confessed myself quite unable to answer the question. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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