feckless

英 [ˈfekləs]

美 [ˈfekləs]

adj.  品格差的; 不负责任的

GRETEM8

BNC.20276 / COCA.25428

牛津词典

adj.

• 品格差的；不负责任的
  having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way
  1. Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
     她的丈夫讨人喜欢，但却是个懒惰没有出息的人。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无能的;软弱的;不中用的
  If you describe someone asfeckless, you mean that they lack determination or strength, and are unable to do anything properly.
  1. He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible.
     他认为这个年轻人不光无能，还不负责任。

英英释义

adj

• generally incompetent and ineffectual
  1. feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
  2. inept handling of the account
  Synonym:inept
• not fit to assume responsibility

双语例句

• The other members of the group whom Jordan meets are the Gipsy rafael, amiable but feckless, and pablo's wife pilar, an ugly woman who is far braver than her husband.
  乔丹见到的游击队其他成员有友善厚道但缺乏能力的吉普赛人拉斐尔和帕布洛的妻子皮拉尔。皮拉尔这个女人相貌虽丑，却比她丈夫勇敢得多。
• At present, the supervision of the procuratorial organ for commutation and parole is feckless in practice, because the legal regulations and the procuratorial organ are imperfect.
  目前在实践中，由于法律规定不完善等客观方面的原因，还有检察机关自身的主观方面原因，造成了检察机关对减刑假释的检察监督不力，在很多环节都出现了检察监督缺位的状况。
• Two years of feckless negotiations
  拖了两年毫无结果的谈判
• Unfortunately, Australia's feckless leaders are destroying this by promoting high population growth without any sort of industrial strategy.
  不幸啊，澳大利亚的无能的领导者采取了促进人口增长而没有相应的工业发展战略。
• And Washington is annoyed at Europe's feckless attempts at economic reforms.
  美国方面对欧盟不痛不痒的经济改革也懊恼不已。
• By other measures, curiously, teenagers are still feckless.
  但奇怪的是，从其他方面来看青少年仍有其问题。
• That has not stopped Mr Romney from calling Mr Obama's foreign policy "feckless" and accusing him of "an eloquently justified surrender of world leadership".
  这并没有阻止罗姆尼先生称奥巴马的外交政策软弱无力，并且指控他是一个世界领导阶层里非常善辩的把自己的妥协合理化的人。
• A feckless son is a disgrace to his parents.
  儿子没出息，父母脸上也无光。
• Why should prudent Germans subsidise feckless Greeks, the discourse now runs?
  有人会说，严谨的德国人为什么要贴补不负责任的希腊人？
• China will predictably push for a return to dialogue, but I cannot imagine any appetite in Washington, Seoul, Tokyo or the international community for more negotiations that will lead to more feckless agreements.
  可以预计的是，中国将推动各方重新展开对话，但我无法想象美国、韩国、日本或国际社会有兴趣继续参与这些将导致更多无效协议的会谈。