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 unable [ʌn'eibl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 不能的, 不会的

[法] 无能力的, 无资格的, 没有办法的




    unable
    [ adj ]
    1. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

      2. <adj.all>
      unable to get to town without a car
      unable to obtain funds
    2. (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability

      3. <adj.all>
      dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately
      the sun was unable to melt enough snow
    3. lacking in power or forcefulness

      4. <adj.all>
      an ineffectual ruler
      like an unable phoenix in hot ashes


    Unable \Un*a"ble\, a.
    Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge,
    skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; --
    now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase;
    as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.

    Sapless age and weak unable limbs. --Shak.

    1. Lawmakers say the aim is to increase voter turnout and open the nation's elections to Americans unable to leave work and stand in line at City Hall or merely too forgetful to register 30 days in advance as required in some states.
    2. Kasparov said Moscow either was unwilling or unable to solve ethnic disputes involving Azerbaijan and Armenia, and he called for individuals to begin direct negotiations between the republics.
    3. He said Abrams was unable to make any such commitment and that a final decision on withdrawing the indictments would have to be left either to the Justice Department or President Reagan.
    4. Charges against Nussbaum, who made the cover of Newsweek as the case got national attention, were dropped after prosecutors concluded that she had been so severely beaten by Steinberg that she was unable to aid the child.
    5. The state has no provision for mercy killing, he said, adding, "Murder is murder." Beverly Maggart worked as a secretary at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from the mid-1970s until she became physically unable to work last September.
    6. He claims they've been unable to muster more than a handful for protest marches and haven't delayed his plans a day.
    7. Many are unable to borrow because banks have cut back their lending he said.
    8. The lead actress will be unable to learn all the required sign language by showtime, Ms. Perkins said.
    9. Mr Hosokawa has so far refused LDP demands to ask his former aide, who handled his financial affairs, to testify in parliament and has been unable to produce receipts showing he repaid the Y100m.
    10. Roper, who advised the Florio campaign last year, said that in the U.S. Senate race, long-shot GOP challenger Christine Todd Whitman has been unable to force Democratic incumbent Bill Bradley to speak out about the Florio taxes.
    11. Crammed into tiny seats, unable to move and urged to keep safety belts on at all times, we were served the pitiful snacks that have replaced those unwholesome meals of yesteryear.
    12. The loan was renegotiated in 1986 after Polaris was unable to keep the planes leased, as required.
    13. Yet they were unable to defeat the Soviet-supplied Sandinistas.
    14. Lebanese legislators wrangled today over a peace plan for their war-plagued country and appeared unable to agree on ending Syria's military presence in their country.
    15. The government is unable to do very much, beyond blather.
    16. He was a hypersensitive man unable to bring together the male and female components of his personality, and in the grip of a terror of losing the boundaries of self'.
    17. I am advised there are very few documents requested by the inquiry which my department has been unable to provide,' he said.
    18. Already, many businesses report they are unable to meet their loan and tax obligations, concentrating only on at least paying their workers.
    19. Police posted near the station saw a group of Sikhs running from the train into wheat fields but were unable to catch them, Gupta said in an interview.
    20. The 18-wheel truck was unable to stop and struck the bus about 11 a.m., pinning the driver inside his truck, he said.
    21. But with 32m people currently unable to find jobs in industrial countries, it is easy to see why unemployment is the more immediate worry. This change in approach is not simply a reflection of the depressed state of the world economy.
    22. Faltering production and disagreements among the partners over management practices left the venture unable to meet its targets.
    23. Though the SBA generally tries to wean participating companies from such contracts before graduation, many firms are unable to find business outside of the program, says Edward C. Neal, deputy associate administrator for minority small business.
    24. Investigators have been unable to find anyone to corroborate Downey's story, he said.
    25. The U.S. Postal Service embargoed mail to the United Kingdom on Sept. 7, when authorities in that nation reported that they were unable to accept incoming mail because of a strike.
    26. The university also would be unable to meet the payroll for its 2,130 employees, he said.
    27. "We still are unable to determine that anything at all was done improperly," he says.
    28. Stuck with third world debt and bridge loans which it was unable to sell on through the securities markets, the US's seventh biggest banking group (in terms of assets) slumped to a near-Dollars 1bn loss in 1989.
    29. However, Marketchief was unable to pay it off as quickly as hoped, so in the middle of 1991 Barclays decided to put in place a longer term facility. A banker said yesterday that the security given on the original loan was inadequate.
    30. Mrs. Calvert was unable to carry a child because she had a hysterectomy.
    unable
    unable delivery goods
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    unable to supply
    unabomber
    unabridged
    unabroken
    unabsolvable
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    unaccompanied luggage
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    unaccomplished offense
    unaccountability
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    unaccountably
    unaccounted
    unaccounted for
    unaccounted-for
    unaccounted-for loss
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