Word · Frequency #20678
ineptitude
无能；笨拙
lack of skill or ability; incompetence
- 1.
The quality of being inept.
无能、不称职的性质。
- 2.
An instance of being inept.
无能的实例。
无用；无价值；无能、不称职的性质。；无能的实例。；不适当；愚笨
In use
His ineptitude with computers was obvious when he couldn't even send an email.
The team's defensive ineptitude cost them the match.
She tried to hide her ineptitude in the kitchen by ordering takeout.
ineptitude at (doing) sth
表示在某方面不擅长时，常用介词 at，后接名词或动名词。
Her ineptitude at cooking was a family joke.
她在做饭方面的笨拙是家里的笑话。
the ineptitude of sb/sth
使用 of 结构突出主体，比名词所有格更为正式。
The ineptitude of the management became apparent.
管理层的无能变得显而易见。
an act of ineptitude
an act of ineptitude 是固定搭配，指具体的愚蠢或无能行为，与 an act of kindness 结构相同。
Leaving the files on the train was an act of ineptitude.
把文件落在火车上是愚蠢至极的行为。
Common mistakes
He is ineptitude at cooking.He is inept at cooking.
ineptitude 是名词，不是形容词；系动词后应使用形容词 inept，表示“笨拙的、无能的”。
His ineptitude to solve the problem frustrated everyone.His ineptitude in solving the problem frustrated everyone.
ineptitude 通常搭配 in/at 加名词或动名词，表示在某方面的无能，不接不定式 to do；因此把 to solve 改为 in solving。
Connections
Collocations
- utter ineptitude
- 完全无能；极其笨拙
- The team's utter ineptitude cost them the match.这支队伍完全无能，输掉了比赛。
- political ineptitude
- 政治上的无能
- The government was widely criticized for its political ineptitude.该政府因其政治无能而受到广泛批评。
- managerial ineptitude
- 管理无能；管理不善
- The company went bankrupt because of managerial ineptitude.这家公司因管理无能而破产。
- social ineptitude
- 社交无能；社交笨拙
- His social ineptitude kept him from making friends.他的社交无能使他交不到朋友。
- a display of ineptitude
- 无能的表现；一次无能的展示
- The whole affair was a display of ineptitude.整个事件就是一次无能的表现。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
ineptitude 拆成 inept（笨拙的）+ -itude（名词后缀），记住‘笨拙的状态’就是无能、不称职。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：performance reviews、political commentary、formal criticism ineptitude 属于正式用词，多用于书面或正式场合，如工作评估、新闻报道或政论文章，表示“无能、不称职”。日常口语中较少使用，此时更常说 incompetence 或 clumsiness。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都不与 ineptitude 完全押韵：它们都含有 -itude 拼写，但重音在第一音节（ineptitude 重音在第二音节的 /ɛ/），读音不同。其中 aptitude 最接近，仅重读元音不同（/æ/ vs /ɛ/），后面都是 /ptɪtjuːd/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.