incapacity
英 [ˌɪnkəˈpæsəti]
美 [ˌɪnkəˈpæsəti]
n. 无能力; 缺乏技能; 卧病; 孱弱
复数：incapacities
BNC.15342 / COCA.24097
同义词辨析
inabilityincapacityincompetence【导航词义：没有能力】
inabilityn. 无法，没能力
〔辨析〕
指无法做某事或没有做某事的能力，其后常用动词不定式。
〔例证〕
Can alcoholism result in an inability to speak?
酒精中毒会导致语言能力丧失吗？
The government's inability to control inflation caused a six-week strike by millions of workers.
政府无力控制通货膨胀导致了数百万工人为期6周的大罢工。
酒精中毒会导致语言能力丧失吗？
The government's inability to control inflation caused a six-week strike by millions of workers.
政府无力控制通货膨胀导致了数百万工人为期6周的大罢工。
incapacityn. 〈正式〉无能力
〔辨析〕
指没有做某事的能力或技能。
〔例证〕
The manager has taken sick leave due to his temporary incapacity through illness.
经理因病暂时不能工作，已经请了病假。
The main problem is the government's incapacity to deal with inflation.
主要问题在于政府对通货膨胀无能为力。
经理因病暂时不能工作，已经请了病假。
The main problem is the government's incapacity to deal with inflation.
主要问题在于政府对通货膨胀无能为力。
incompetencen. 不胜任，不称职
〔辨析〕
指缺少很好地完成工作、任务等的能力或技能。
〔例证〕
Only the board knew that the manager was dismissed for professional incompetence.
只有董事会知道那名经理是因专业方面不称职而被解聘的。
The report blamed government incompetence for the surging unemployment.
该报道指责政府的无能导致了失业人口激增。
只有董事会知道那名经理是因专业方面不称职而被解聘的。
The report blamed government incompetence for the surging unemployment.
该报道指责政府的无能导致了失业人口激增。
牛津词典
noun
- 无能力；缺乏技能
lack of ability or skill- their incapacity to govern effectively
他们缺乏有效治理的能力
- their incapacity to govern effectively
- 卧病；孱弱
the state of being too ill/sick to do your work or take care of yourself- She returned to work after a long period of incapacity.
她病了很长一段时间之后回去工作了。
- She returned to work after a long period of incapacity.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 无能力
Theincapacity ofa person, society, or systemtodo something is their inability to do it.- ...Europe's incapacity to take collective action...
欧洲无力采取统一行动 - Patients with no mental incapacity can refuse treatment.
没有精神缺陷的病人可以拒绝治疗。
- ...Europe's incapacity to take collective action...
英英释义
noun
- lack of physical or natural qualifications
- lack of intellectual power
双语例句
- The court has to act because of the incapacity of the trustee.
因为受托人无法律上的行为能力，法院不得不采取行动。 - Such incapacity ( or inability) that reduces your earning capacity, present or future, in any employment that you were capable of undertaking at that time.
此项伤残所造成的工作能力之丧失（欠缺）会减低你现在及将来从事任何工作时的赚取收入能力。 - Treating mental illness properly would greatly reduce the numbers on incapacity benefits.
正确治疗精神疾病会极大减少享受无工作能力救济金的人数。 - It is my desire, and I so freely state, that this power of attorney shall not be affected by any subsequent disability or incapacity that may befall me.
这是我的请求，而且我自主声明：在今后我可能丧失行为能力的情况下，律师的这些权利不受影响。 - I think the president would dispute that any incapacity exists.
我看总统会否认这一点。 - Thus do we produce a trained incapacity in the American male to cry.
这样，我们就致使美国男性被训练成不会哭的人了。 - He discussed with her the sins of the Government and the incapacity of the army.
他同她谈到政府的过失和军队的无能。 - Hygienists in this field monitor workplaces to identify any safety hazards or potential sources of occupational disease or incapacity.
在这个领域的保健专家负责管理工作场所，鉴定那里的安全障碍或者是职业病潜在的来源。 - The incapacity of the Roman imperialism for novelty in methods of transport again is amazing.
罗马帝国对革新运输方法上的无能也是惊人的。 - His lack of interest in the subjects she started, and his equal incapacity to contribute to her entertainment, were so obvious that she could not conceal her disappointment.
他对于她所提起的一些话头都不感兴趣，想使她快乐他也同样无能为力，这些都是如此明显，她也不能掩盖她的失望了。