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Ineptitude

“Ineptitude” 是名词,指:

  1. 状态: 持续的无能或缺乏技巧的状态。
  2. 行为: 一件具体表现出笨拙或愚蠢的事(通常用复数形式:ineptitudes)。
  1. “The project failed because of the management’s total ineptitude.” (由于管理层完全无能,项目失败了。)
  2. “I was shocked by his technical ineptitude; he didn’t even know how to use a mouse.” (我被他的技术无能震惊了;他甚至不知道如何使用鼠标。)
  3. “The movie is a comedy about the social ineptitudes of a group of nerds.” (这部电影是一部关于一群书呆子在社交上的种种笨拙行为的喜剧。)
  • 词根: “inept” (无能的)。
  • 后缀: “-tude” (名词后缀,表示状态、程度或品质)。
  • 含义: 表现出无能的品质或状态。
  • 前缀: “in-” (不)。
  • 词干: “ept” (源自 apt,适应/能力)。
  • 后缀: “-itude” (抽象名词后缀)。

在政治和商业新闻中,“ineptitude” 常被用来批评机构或官员在处理重大事件时的失误。它暗示这种失误不是因为运气不好,而是因为当事人根本没有胜任工作的基本素质。

  • 形容词: “inept” (无能的)。
  • 副词: “ineptly” (笨拙地)。
  • 近义词: “incompetence” (更正式,多用于职业语境)。

想象一个人试图用勺子去挖隧道,这种行为就是 “ineptitude” (极度无能/愚蠢)。

“The new chef at the restaurant was famous for his culinary ineptitude. On his first day, he confused the sugar with the salt and put salt in the chocolate cake! The customers were horrified, and the owner realized that the chef’s ineptitude would quickly ruin the restaurant’s reputation.” (餐馆新来的厨师因其烹饪技术拙劣而闻名。第一天,他就把糖和盐搞混了,把盐放进了巧克力蛋糕里!顾客们吓坏了,老板意识到,厨师的无能很快就会毁掉餐厅的声誉。)