feckless
英 [ˈfekləs]
美 [ˈfekləs]
adj. 品格差的; 不负责任的
BNC.20276 / COCA.25428
牛津词典
adj.
- 品格差的;不负责任的
having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way- Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
她的丈夫讨人喜欢,但却是个懒惰没有出息的人。
- Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 无能的;软弱的;不中用的
If you describe someone asfeckless, you mean that they lack determination or strength, and are unable to do anything properly.- He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible.
他认为这个年轻人不光无能,还不负责任。
- He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible.
英英释义
adj
- generally incompetent and ineffectual
- feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
- inept handling of the account
- not fit to assume responsibility
双语例句
- That voracious demand relentlessly pushes up prices – and Grantham emphasizes that supply and demand, rather than evil speculators or feckless central bankers, are the driving forces here, whatever posture our president might choose to take.
这样旺盛的需求持续推高了价格&格雷厄姆强调,推高价格的是供需因素,而不是讨厌的投机者或不负责任的央行。 - At present, the supervision of the procuratorial organ for commutation and parole is feckless in practice, because the legal regulations and the procuratorial organ are imperfect.
目前在实践中,由于法律规定不完善等客观方面的原因,还有检察机关自身的主观方面原因,造成了检察机关对减刑假释的检察监督不力,在很多环节都出现了检察监督缺位的状况。 - And Washington is annoyed at Europe's feckless attempts at economic reforms.
美国方面对欧盟不痛不痒的经济改革也懊恼不已。 - China will predictably push for a return to dialogue, but I cannot imagine any appetite in Washington, Seoul, Tokyo or the international community for more negotiations that will lead to more feckless agreements.
可以预计的是,中国将推动各方重新展开对话,但我无法想象美国、韩国、日本或国际社会有兴趣继续参与这些将导致更多无效协议的会谈。 - The other members of the group whom Jordan meets are the Gipsy rafael, amiable but feckless, and pablo's wife pilar, an ugly woman who is far braver than her husband.
乔丹见到的游击队其他成员有友善厚道但缺乏能力的吉普赛人拉斐尔和帕布洛的妻子皮拉尔。皮拉尔这个女人相貌虽丑,却比她丈夫勇敢得多。 - From the U.S., the European debt crisis can seem like a black comedy populated by regional stereotypes: iron-fisted Anglo-Saxons, feckless Mediterraneans, and haughty Brussels bureaucrats.
在美国看来,欧债危机就像是由地域特色鲜明的老套人物扮演的一场荒诞喜剧:吝啬的盎格鲁撒克逊人、不负责任的地中海人以及盛气凌人的布鲁塞尔官僚。 - Fingers have been pointed at supine regulators, greedy bankers and investors, naive consumers and feckless politicians.
人们已经把矛头指向了松懈的监管机构、贪婪的银行家和投资者、天真的消费者以及软弱无能的政治家。 - Ms Merkel is not about to reward the feckless.
默克尔不会奖赏不负责任者。 - In those days he was a feckless and poverty-stricken young drop-out.
那些日子里,他是一个无精打采的穷困的退学生。 - America may wish to pivot towards Asia and Europe may be turned inward, but the Middle East offers no respite to international or regional actors. It is equally unforgiving of the reckless and the feckless.
美国可能希望把重心转向亚洲,欧洲的关注焦点可能转向内部,但中东不给国际或者区域参与者丝毫喘息之机,也不原谅任何鲁莽者和软弱者。
