adj.(形容词)

1. 没有办法的，无法的，无能为力的
2. 不能胜任的
3. 不能的，不会的
4. 无能力的，没有所需技能的
5. 不熟练的
6. 无效的，徒劳无益的

v.(动词)

1. 使不能，使失去能力

Adjective:

1. (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"
   

2. (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability;

   "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"
   "the sun was unable to melt enough snow"
   

3. lacking in power or forcefulness;

   "an ineffectual ruler"
   "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"
   

1.不能…的；无法…的
If you areunable to do something, it is impossible for you to do it, for example because you do not have the necessary skill or knowledge, or because you do not have enough time or money.

e.g. The military may feelunable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...
军方可能会觉得明年难以将政权移交给一位民选总统。
e.g. unable any longer to keep from breaking in she said, 'I simply cannot believe you're serious.'
她再也忍不住了，便插话道：“我真不敢相信你是认真的。”

1. 无法：也就是说临终病人应保有其决定 自己医疗、生活方式及活动的权力(除 非该决定和社会或伦理有明显抵触), 直到病人无法(unable)或无意愿 (unwilling)为自己的以上权利自决为 止,

2. unable什么意思

2. 不能的,不会的：deaf聋的 |unable不能的;不会的 | specially特意地;专门地

3.

3. 不能的：unabated 不减弱的 |unable 不能的 | unaccented 不重读的

4. 不能...的,没能力的：put up with 容忍 |unable 不能...的,没能力的 | un 表否定

• Mr Ford is unable to write narrative.

  出自：G. Greene

• He has..tried to make her speak of it, and has always been unable.

  出自：A. S. Byatt

He is an able person, nothing is unable to him.

他是一个能人，对他没有不能的事。

Despite our great advances in microbiology, we are still unable to differentiate these organisms that cause the different infections.

不管我们的在微生物学的大进展，我们仍然是不能的区分引起不同的感染的这些有机体。

He lay there, unable to move.

他躺在那里动弹不得。

I tried to contact him but was unable to.

我试着跟他联系，却没联系上。

The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...

军方可能会觉得明年难以将政权移交给一位民选总统。

unable any longer to keep from breaking in she said, 'I simply cannot believe you're serious.'

她再也忍不住了，便插话道：“我真不敢相信你是认真的。”

China's construction workers, miners and casual laborers have all the ingredients for HIV to spread.

中国的建筑工人, 矿工以及短工人群等具备所有传播艾滋病的可能.

The ice blocks up the river, making the upstream water unable to flow.

冰把河道堵住了, 上游的水流不下来.

I was unable to resist laughing.

我忍不住笑了.

At the approach of cold weather, the troops were unable to keep holding the field.

寒冷的天气到来时, 部队无力继续作战.

The crew seemed unable to right the capsized yacht.

水手们好像无法使倾覆的游艇翻过来.

They were unable to run the telephone network economically.

他们未能经济地经营电话网络.

The patient was so weak that the nurse was unable to get him up.

这病人弱得很,护士扶都扶不起来.

He was unable to escape the array of facts.

他无法躲避一连串的事实.

His poor method of learning by rote made him unable to deal with the problems in his work flexibly.

他死记硬背的学习方法使他在工作中不能灵活处理问题.

He was unable to control the animal in himself.

他控制不了自己兽性的发作.

Much to my regret, I am unable to accept your kind invitation.

不能接受您的盛情邀请,深为抱歉.

Clare nodded, temporarily unable to speak.

克莱尔点了点头, 一时说不出话来.

I am simply unable to call to mind his name.

我实在想不起来他的名字了.

The firemen were unable to quench the fire.

消防人员无法扑灭这场大火.

She was unable to hold her own, and she had to quit.

她总赶不上别人, 所以只好辞职了.

I regret being unable to say that I cannot come.

我不能来,甚为抱歉.

They are standing in while the others are unable to take part.

当别人不能参加时,他们就去代替.

His assistant stepped into the breach when the old surgeon was unable to go on with the operation.

当那位老外科医生不能继续动手术时,他的助手接替他将手术进行了下去.

Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.

大型石油公司无需担心原油销售不出去。

Once the compulsive spender stops at the mall, she will be unable to control her spending.

患强迫性购物症的人一旦来到购物中心，就无法控制自己的开支。

unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone.

她没能克制住自己，起身走向电话。

The British driver was unable to hang on to his lead.

英国车手没能保住自己的领先地位。

She was unable to find employment.

她没能找到工作。

For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it.

数月来，我一直不是不愿意就是没办法做这件事。

He is unable to travel much because of old age.

他年事已高，不能频繁出游。

He was unable to contain his own destructive feelings.

他无法抑制自己消极的情绪。