incapacity

英 [ɪnkə'pæsɪtɪ]美 [,ɪnkə'pæsəti]
  • n. 无能力，无能

助记提示

1、in- "not" + cap + -acity(复合后缀：-ace, -ity).
2、-ace is from Latin adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis.
3、含义：without ability to hold.

英文词源

incapacity (n.)
1610s, from French incapacité (16c.), from Medieval Latin incapacitatem (nominative incapacitas), from Late Latin incapax (genitive incapacis) "incapable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin capax "capable," literally "able to hold much," from capere "to take" (see capable). Often used 17c. as a legal term referring to inability to take, receive, or deal with in some way.

双语例句

1. Patients with no mental incapacity can refuse treatment.
没有精神缺陷的病人可以拒绝治疗。
来自柯林斯例句
2. their incapacity to govern effectively
他们缺乏有效治理的能力
来自《权威词典》
3. His incapacity for kindness makes everybody dislike him.
他不能与人为善,使得大家都讨厌他.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. A sole proprietorship ends with the incapacity or death of the owner.
当业主无力经营或死亡的时候,这家个体企业也就宣告结束.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
5. The earlier drawings betray a complete incapacity to group animals.
早期的图画暴露了他们完全缺乏描绘成群野兽的能力.
来自辞典例句