unable

unable /'ʌn'eibl/
  • tính từ
    • không có năng lực, không có khả năng, bất tài
      • to be unable to: không thể (làm được việc gì)
      • I shall be unable to go there: tôi không thể đến đó được
    • (pháp lý) không có thẩm quyền
 không thể
unable to comply
 không thích ứng
 không có cơ hội
 không có năng lực

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): ability, disability, inability, enable, disable, able, unable, disabled, ably

Xem thêm: unable(p), ineffective, ineffectual



unable

Từ điển Collocation

unable adj.

VERBS appear, be, feel, look, prove, seem | become | remain | find yourself, leave sb, make sb She found herself unable to meet his gaze. The accident left him unable to walk. | deem sth The road was deemed unable to cope with increased traffic.

ADV. completely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly | increasingly | almost, nearly, virtually | apparently, seemingly He went on, apparently unable to stop. | genuinely | generally | temporarily Clare nodded, temporarily unable to speak. | still | constitutionally, physically He seemed constitutionally unable not to give his opinion on anything and everything.

PHRASES unwilling or unable He remained silent, unwilling or unable to say what was in his mind.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

    unable to get to town without a car

    unable to obtain funds

  • (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; unable(p)

    dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately

    the sun was unable to melt enough snow

  • lacking in power or forcefulness; ineffective, ineffectual

    an ineffectual ruler

    like an unable phoenix in hot ashes

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: incapable incompetent unfit unqualified
ant.: able