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

• Two years of feckless negotiations
  拖了两年毫无结果的谈判
• From the U.S., the European debt crisis can seem like a black comedy populated by regional stereotypes: iron-fisted Anglo-Saxons, feckless Mediterraneans, and haughty Brussels bureaucrats.
  在美国看来，欧债危机就像是由地域特色鲜明的老套人物扮演的一场荒诞喜剧：吝啬的盎格鲁撒克逊人、不负责任的地中海人以及盛气凌人的布鲁塞尔官僚。
• 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。
• Indeed, the vast bulk of the official loans to Greece were not made for its benefit at all, but for that of its feckless private creditors.
  实际上，很大一部分发放给希腊的官方贷款根本不是为了希腊的利益，而是为了让无能的私营部门债权人全身而退。
• The fact that Europeans led the way in calling for a campaign in Libya that they are incapable of conducting alone, has merely re-enforced the American view that the European arm of NATO is, to varying degrees, feckless and unreliable.
  欧洲带头呼吁对利比亚实施干预、而自己又无力独自采取行动，这一事实的作用只是再次强化了美国的如下观点：北约的欧洲部队或多或少是低效和不可靠的。
• In those days he was a feckless and poverty-stricken young drop-out.
  那些日子里，他是一个无精打采的穷困的退学生。
• 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。
• Fingers have been pointed at supine regulators, greedy bankers and investors, naive consumers and feckless politicians.
  人们已经把矛头指向了松懈的监管机构、贪婪的银行家和投资者、天真的消费者以及软弱无能的政治家。
• A childhood that had caused him to turn out feckless and improvident.
  使他变得玩世不恭、挥霍无度的童年时代。