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

• A futile effort; the therapy was ineffectual; an otiose undertaking; an unavailing attempt.
  无用的努力；这个治疗方法没有效果；无用的承诺；无用的尝试。
• 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。
• 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。
• After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
  他们徒劳无益地试了两三次之后，只见汤姆摇晃了两下，又扑通一声摔倒在地。
• 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。
• He was well-meaning but ineffectual.
  他本意良好但没有效果。
• 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。
• In his view, the Commission remains a toothless and ineffectual body.
  在他看来，委员会仍然是一个没有实权、不起作用的机构。
• 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。
• 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？