incompetent
incompetent 英 [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt] 美 [ɪnˈkɑmpɪtənt]
adj. 无能力的,不胜任的;不合适的;不适当的;无力的 n. 无能力者
名词复数:incompetents
- If you are incompetent, you are not able to complete a task, like if you only ever made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — you would be incompetent in the kitchen of a fancy French restaurant.
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- adj. 无能力的,不胜任的;不合适的;不适当的;无力的
- n. 无能力者
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1. But this time there are no pantomime villains, like bolshy shop stewards or incompetent managers, to make sense of the narrative.
但是这次没有童话中的坏蛋,如反叛的售货员或是毫无能力的经理,使得故事的叙述变得有意义。
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2. The central administration wanted to do this, but it was incompetent, and was opposed by many faculty who behaved no better than the students.
中央管理部门想要这样做,但是它无此能力,许多行为还不及那些学生的员工反对这项提议。
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3. But instead, the client wants you to put everything back just the way it was, and they think you’re incompetent.
但是你的客户却希望你把一切恢复到以来的样子,而且他们认为你那样做不称职。
- incompetent (adj.) 1610s, "insufficient," from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem (nominative incompetens) "insufficient," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin competentem (see competent). Sense of "lacking qualification or ability" first recorded 1630s. The noun meaning "incompetent person" is from 1866. Related: Incompetently.
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