| 词汇 | unserviceable |
| 释义 | unserviceable adjective uk /ʌnˈsɜː.vɪs.ə.bəl/ us /ʌnˈsɝː.vɪs.ə.bəl/ unserviceableadjective (THING)not suitable for use or not in good condition: Many of the boats were old and unserviceable. The rebels handed over old and unserviceable arms to UN forces. Opposite serviceable The crew realized that the aircraft was unserviceable. More than half of the missiles were unserviceable. In bad condition battered battle-scarred be on the skidsidiom beat someone up blasted have seen better daysidiom hors de combat impaired in decay in good, bad, etc. repairidiom ruined run someone/something down sad scarred scuffed the worse for wearidiom well worn worm-eaten worn out worse unserviceableadjective (DEBT)finance & economics specialized Unserviceable debt cannot be paid: （债务）无法偿还的 We were accumulating unserviceable debt.我们正在积累无法偿还的债务。 They warned that the debt burden would become unserviceable and implode. Related word serviceverb(DEBT) The banks had huge portfolios of unserviceable loans. Public-sector pensions are an unserviceable cost for future taxpayers. Further large-scale borrowing will be unserviceable. Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power cost-cutting fund non-contributory overpaid put someone through something put something on your/someone's card put something towards something reimburse run to something self-finance spend spent splurge sponsor tipper Examples of unserviceableunserviceable Others are for removing unserviceable vessels and for regulating the quantity of ballast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of these had been condemned as unserviceable, but a few garments should not have been condemned and had in fact some useful life left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One reason is that their kit is unserviceable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A remaining small quantity of stores which were unserviceable or that it was impracticable to bring to this country were dumped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sheets and blankets offered for disposal are usually in an unserviceable or sub-standard condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The stores they declare are usually either unserviceable, damaged beyond repair or obsolete. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not argue about that, but all of it was declared to us as being unserviceable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Small-arm ammunition which is found to be unserviceable is broken up, the metal being sold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no information of the number of radio sets out of repair and unserviceable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Soldiers should not at any time be in possession of clothing which is unserviceable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer is 108, and of these, some are unserviceable so that at any given time the active strength is probably not much over 90. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unserviceable vehicles numbered 1,692, and there were 779 vehicles awaiting disposal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Orders for necessary replacements of unserviceable chairs are placed annually. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not only impracticable but indeed unserviceable in this direction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If somebody cannot fasten a belt because it is unserviceable, no offence will be committed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。