inability

单词辨析:

inability incapacity incompetence 【导航词义:没有能力】
inability n. 无法,没能力
〔辨析〕

指无法做某事或没有做某事的能力,其后常用动词不定式。

〔例证〕

Can alcoholism result in an inability to speak?

酒精中毒会导致语言能力丧失吗?

The government's inability to control inflation caused a six-week strike by millions of workers.

政府无力控制通货膨胀导致了数百万工人为期6周的大罢工。

incapacity n. [正式]无能力
〔辨析〕

指没有做某事的能力或技能。

〔例证〕

The manager has taken sick leave due to his temporary incapacity through illness.

经理因病暂时不能工作,已经请了病假。

The main problem is the government's incapacity to deal with inflation.

主要问题在于政府对通货膨胀无能为力。

incompetence n. 不胜任,不称职
〔辨析〕

指缺少很好地完成工作、任务等的能力或技能。

〔例证〕

Only the board knew that the manager was dismissed for professional incompetence.

只有董事会知道那名经理是因专业方面不称职而被解聘的。

The report blamed government incompetence for the surging unemployment.

该报道指责政府的无能导致了失业人口激增。

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Inability to take a loss and move on.

没有能力承受损失和前进。

Insomniacs have a higher metabolism in their frontal cortex which is said to contribute to their inability to sleep.

失眠症患者的额叶皮质代谢水平更高,这也导致了他们没有入睡的能力。

And I have an absolute inability to trust anyone.

我绝对不能信任任何人。

I do not know what I have to, the inability loss in the chaotic world of wandering.

我不知道我要什么,彷徨无力的在这个混沌的世界里徘徊。

The apparent inability of senior management to decide exactly what it wants has hampered our progress.

高级管理层不能决定到底需要什么,这阻碍了我们的进展。

Just like the eurozone, the global economy suffers from internal imbalances and an inability to take collective action.

与欧元区一样,全球经济也受到两个问题的困扰:一个是内部不平衡,一个是无力采取共同行动。