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单词 unable
释义
unable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈeɪ.bəl/us
/ʌnˈeɪ.bəl/
be unable to dosomething
B1
to not beableto do something:
不能做，无法做
We were unable tocontacthim at thetime.我们当时无法和他取得联系。
More examples
  • We were unable to getfundingandthereforehad toabandontheproject.
  • She's been unable toplaysinceJanuarybecause of atorncalfmuscle.
  • It's atragedythat so manyyoungpeopleare unable tofindjobs.
  • Weregretthat at thepresenttimewe are unable tosupplythegoodsyouordered.
  • Expertsseemunable toagreewhether thedrugissafeor not.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • for toffeeidiom
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • toffee
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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(Definition ofunablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unable| American Dictionary

unable
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ʌnˈeɪ·bəl/
notable:
I was unable tofindapayphone.
(Definition ofunablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunable

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These patients remainedunableto follow simple commands or communicate reliably.
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The functional test is only applied to those who areunableto make a given decision because they are suffering from a mental disability.
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We areunableto assess these patterns in this study.
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As local courts are costly andunableto cope with the number of cases, village meetings to arbitrate in land matters have become more popular.
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Chiefs were soon evenunableto maintain local agricultural rituals.
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Pretenders to power wereunableto call upon the idioms of class, ethnicity or even religion to rouse popular movements in their support.
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The implication of this is that decision-makers are simplyunableto form realistic expectations about the consequences of their actions.
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Nevertheless, these standards will impose significant new costs on all providers, and it is expected that many small providers will beunableto meet them.
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We wereunableto get archived serum samples on two subjects.
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Hence, they areunableto increase the production of goods via the increase in general efficiency of the production process.
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This was particularly difficult where fathers were unavailable orunableto help, and where children attended free early education in a school setting.
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Eligibility was limited to 'those who because of physical or mental limitations areunableto act in their own behalf'.
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She exhibited a striking deficit in "motor control," in that she wasunableto reach to a target after passive movement of her arm.
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Some nurses expressed enthusiasm, yet wereunableto articulate clearly what integration meant or represented.
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A year after his trials, he was still feeling mentally and physically exhausted, sick at heart andunableto apply himself to his publishing projects.
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