ineffectual
英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]
美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]
adj. 无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的
Collins.1 / BNC.14052 / COCA.17367
牛津词典
adj.
- 无能的;软弱的;达不到目的的
without the ability to achieve much; weak; not achieving what you want to- an ineffectual teacher
不称职的教师 - an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试
- an ineffectual teacher
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不起作用的;徒劳无益的
If someone or something isineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.- The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。 - ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划
- The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
英英释义
adj
- not producing an intended effect
- an ineffective teacher
- ineffective legislation
- lacking in power or forcefulness
- an ineffectual ruler
- like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
双语例句
- In the case of Mr Obama, it is based on the perception that he is ineffectual.
对奥巴马的不信任建立在人们认为他无效的基础之上。 - And who could have foreseen that Paris, London, Warsaw, Stockholm and Rome would be absent or ineffectual?
谁能预料到巴黎、伦敦、华沙、斯德哥尔摩和罗马会缺席或无所作为? - An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
严重失败或完全不起作用的行为。 - Ineffectual as a leader, teacher, etc.
作领袖、作教师等不能胜任的。 - Unfortunately, a vacuous slogan is underpinned by ineffectual proposals.
遗憾的是,这个空洞的口号只得到无效提议的支撑。 - They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去,就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。 - He watched the flying fish burst out again and again and the ineffectual movements of the bird.
他看着飞鱼一再地从海里冒出来,看着那只鸟儿的一无效果的行动。 - Dog-days n. [ pl.] She had felt at the same time that he was helpless and ineffectual.
三伏天,大热天;无所作为的时期,无精打采的日子。同时她也看到了他的孤弱无能,无所作为。 - The belief that I've finally left behind is that I am a powerless, ineffectual being, unable to change my life.
被我抛在脑后的信念是我是一个无能的,不成功的人,不能改变我的生活。 - The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。