ineffectual

英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

adj.  无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的

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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
  1. an ineffectual teacher
     不称职的教师
  2. an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
     改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试

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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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

英英释义

adj

• not producing an intended effect
  1. an ineffective teacher
  2. ineffective legislation
  Synonym:ineffectiveuneffective
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveunable
• producing no result or effect
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
  Synonym:futileotioseunavailing

双语例句

• Big Brussels initiatives to arrest Europe's long-term economic decline have proved ineffectual.
  大布鲁塞尔想要阻止欧洲长期经济衰退的努力已经被证实不给力了。
• Programs based solely on cost have proven ineffectual or even counter-productive.
  仅基于成本的项目已被证明无效甚至起反作用。
• If leaders and officials electoral cannot act as representatives of the nation or people, councilors are entitled to supervise or dismiss ineffectual or corrupt ones in power.
  如果选出不能代表国家和人民利益的领导者和官员，议员就有权监督或罢免正在运行而无所作为或腐败的的领导者或官员。
• 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。
• For those patients who are ineffectual to "three steps therapy" this method is a safe, effective and cheap analgesic means.
  该法对于“三阶梯疗法”无效的癌痛患者是一种安全、有效和廉价的止痛方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• A genial but ineffectual man.
  一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。