ineffectual

英 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

美 [ˌɪnɪˈfektʃuəl]

adj.  无能的; 软弱的; 达不到目的的

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Collins.1 / BNC.14052 / COCA.17367

牛津词典

adj.

• 无能的；软弱的；达不到目的的
  without the ability to achieve much; weak; not achieving what you want to
  1. an ineffectual teacher
     不称职的教师
  2. an ineffectual attempt to reform the law
     改革法律的徒劳无益的尝试

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不起作用的;徒劳无益的
  If someone or something isineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
  1. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
     市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
  2. ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
     过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划

英英释义

adj

• not producing an intended effect
  1. an ineffective teacher
  2. ineffective legislation
  Synonym:ineffectiveuneffective
• lacking in power or forcefulness
  1. an ineffectual ruler
  2. like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
  Synonym:ineffectiveunable
• producing no result or effect
  1. a futile effort
  2. the therapy was ineffectual
  3. an otiose undertaking
  4. an unavailing attempt
  Synonym:futileotioseunavailing

双语例句

• They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
  这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去，就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。
• Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
  我们的情报部门人员缺乏训练，机构臃肿，简直毫无用处。
• It is an ineffectual first strike.
  这是场毫无效果的攻击。
• Programs based solely on cost have proven ineffectual or even counter-productive.
  仅基于成本的项目已被证明无效甚至起反作用。
• For those patients who are ineffectual to "three steps therapy" this method is a safe, effective and cheap analgesic means.
  该法对于“三阶梯疗法”无效的癌痛患者是一种安全、有效和廉价的止痛方法。
• A genial but ineffectual man.
  一位和蔼可亲但却没什么能耐的男人。
• The belief that I've finally left behind is that I am a powerless, ineffectual being, unable to change my life.
  被我抛在脑后的信念是我是一个无能的，不成功的人，不能改变我的生活。
• Thanks to the ineffectual efforts of prosecutors many trials were lost or abandoned.
  由于检察官的无能，许多次审讯都失败或放弃了。
• The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
  市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
• After their two or three ineffectual attempts, Tom reeled, and fell heavily to the ground.
  他们徒劳无益地试了两三次之后，只见汤姆摇晃了两下，又扑通一声摔倒在地。