| 词汇 | unable |
| 释义 | unable adjective uk /ʌnˈeɪ.bəl/ us /ʌnˈeɪ.bəl/ be unable to do something B1 to not be able to do something: 不能做，无法做 We were unable to contact him at the time.我们当时无法和他取得联系。 We were unable to get funding and therefore had to abandon the project.我们无法筹到资金，因此不得不放弃计划。 She's been unable to play since January because of a torn calf muscle.因为小腿肚肌肉拉伤，她从一月份以来就无法上场。 It's a tragedy that so many young people are unable to find jobs.这么多的年轻人找不到工作，真是不幸。 We regret that at the present time we are unable to supply the goods you ordered. Experts seem unable to agree whether the drug is safe or not.对于这种药物是否安全的问题，专家们好像没能达成一致意见。 Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumbling fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely inexpert inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly unable | American Dictionaryunable adjective[ not gradable ] us/ʌnˈeɪ·bəl/ not able: I was unable to find a pay phone. Examples of unableunable These patients remained unable to follow simple commands or communicate reliably. The functional test is only applied to those who are unable to make a given decision because they are suffering from a mental disability. We are unable to assess these patterns in this study. As local courts are costly and unable to cope with the number of cases, village meetings to arbitrate in land matters have become more popular. Chiefs were soon even unable to maintain local agricultural rituals. Pretenders to power were unable to call upon the idioms of class, ethnicity or even religion to rouse popular movements in their support. The implication of this is that decision-makers are simply unable to form realistic expectations about the consequences of their actions. Nevertheless, these standards will impose significant new costs on all providers, and it is expected that many small providers will be unable to meet them. We were unable to get archived serum samples on two subjects. Hence, they are unable to increase the production of goods via the increase in general efficiency of the production process. This was particularly difficult where fathers were unavailable or unable to help, and where children attended free early education in a school setting. Eligibility was limited to 'those who because of physical or mental limitations are unable to act in their own behalf'. She exhibited a striking deficit in "motor control," in that she was unable to reach to a target after passive movement of her arm. Some nurses expressed enthusiasm, yet were unable to articulate clearly what integration meant or represented. A year after his trials, he was still feeling mentally and physically exhausted, sick at heart and unable to apply himself to his publishing projects. See all examples of unable These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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