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
- It is an ineffectual first strike.
这是场毫无效果的攻击。 - Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。 - 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。 - 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？ - Thanks to the ineffectual efforts of prosecutors many trials were lost or abandoned.
由于检察官的无能，许多次审讯都失败或放弃了。 - 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。 - All rescue measures proved ineffectual.
抢救无效。 - He was well-meaning but ineffectual.
他本意良好但没有效果。 - Dissertations that sound choppy or stuttered are for the most part ineffectual and will most likely fail to impress.
论文的声音断断续续或结结巴巴的大部分是无效的，并很可能将无法留下深刻的印象。 - A genial but ineffectual man.
一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。