Ineligible
“Ineligible” 是形容词，指：
- 不具备资格: 违反了比赛、选举、职位或福利的准入规则。
- 不合适的: 较少见，指作为婚姻对象等不合适。
- “Employees of the company are ineligible to enter the lucky draw.” (公司员工没有资格参加抽奖活动。)
- “The athlete was declared ineligible for the Olympics after failing a drug test.” (该运动员在兴奋剂检测失败后被宣布取消参加奥运会的资格。)
- “He was ineligible for a loan because of his poor credit history.” (由于信用记录不良，他没有资格获得贷款。)
- 前缀: “in-” (不)。
- 词根: “eligible” (合格的)，源自拉丁语 “eligere” (挑选)。
- 含义: 字面意思为“不能被挑选出来的”。
- 前缀: “in-” (否定)。
- 核心: “elig” (选择/挑选)。
- 后缀: “-ible” (可以…的)。
在各种奖金制度、比赛规则或法律条文中，“Ineligibility clauses”（无资格条款）非常重要。它们旨在防止利益冲突（Conflict of Interest），确保公平性。
- 名词: “ineligibility” (无资格)。
- 反义词: “eligible” (合格的，有资格的)。
将单词拆分为 in- (不) + eligible (合格的)。如果你没达到标准，你就是“不合格的”(ineligible)。
“Young Sam wanted to be the captain of the football team. He practiced every day and was the fastest runner. But when the list came out, his name wasn’t on it. The coach told him, ‘Sam, you have a failing grade in math, so you are ineligible to be captain this term.’ Sam realized that to be a leader, he had to be good in the classroom too.” (年轻的萨姆想当足球队队长。他每天练习，跑得最快。但当名单出来时，上面没有他的名字。教练告诉他：“萨姆，你数学不及格，所以这学期你没有资格当队长。”萨姆意识到，要成为一名领导者，在教室里的表现也得优异。)