unable

英 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

美 [ʌnˈeɪbl]

adj.  没有所需技能(或力量、时间、知识等); 未能; 无法

高考CET4CET6法律

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
  1. He lay there, unable to move.
     他躺在那里动弹不得。
  2. I tried to contact him but was unable to.
     我试着跟他联系，却没联系上。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。”

英英释义

adj

• (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
  1. unable to get to town without a car
  2. unable to obtain funds
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveineffectual

双语例句

• 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。
• He had been unable to escape the cruelties of war.
  他没能逃脱战争的残酷。
• 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。
• They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy.
  由于中央政府无力控制逐渐崩溃的经济，所以他们加入了这个新联盟。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again
  他抑制不住冲动，又向海面瞥了一眼。
• 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。
• They were unwilling, or unable, to guarantee safe passage from the city to the aircraft
  他们不愿意或者不能够保证从市内到飞机场的安全通行。
• We've simply been unable to locate him.
  我们就是没办法找到他。