in-com-pe*tence
/in'kDmpitans;
NAmE -'ka:m-/ noun [U] the lack of skill
or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done 无能力；不胜任；不_职：pro/essiond
incompetence 专业方面不称职◊ poHce
incompetence 警 方的关:能◊ He was
dismissed/or incompetence•他因不称
职而被解雇。
in-com
pe-tent /m'kDmpitant; NAmE -'karm-/ adj., noun a adj. not having the
skill or ability to do your job or a task as it
should be done无fk力W;不胜丨壬的；不称职
_
的：an incompetent teacher
不称职的教师◊ his incompetent
handiin^ 〇/the ajgtor 他在 ▲ 理这件事上的无能表
M
0 The Prime Minister was
attacked as incompetent to Zead•首相被攻击缺乏领导能力。EEQ competent
►
in-com-pe-tent ly adv.
« noun a person who does not
have the skill or ability to do their job or a task as it should be done 不称职（★不
能胜任、无能）的人
in-com-plete /.mkam'pliit/ adj.,
noun u adj. not having everything
that it should have; not finished or complete禾完整的；术完全的；不堯善的：
an
mcompiete set o/_/iigi/res —组不完整的数字◊. Spofcen
Zanguage contains many fncompZete sentences. 口语中有 很多不完整的句守。PTH3 complete ► in com-plete-ly adv. ： The
causes of the phenomenon are still incom- pZetefy understood.造成这和现象的原因尚未彻底弄清。
in-complete-ness noun [U]
■ noun [
申请表格一般人可能看不懂。◊ He/oimd his
son’s actions totaHy iVicomprehensfWe•彳i感觉J [子的行^完全无法理
解。 PI1213 comprehensible ►
in.convpre.hen.si.bil.ity /in.kDmpri.hensa'bilati;
NAmE noun [U] in-com-
pre-hen-sibly /-sabli/ adv.
in-com-pre-hen-sion /in.kDmpri'henJn; NAmE -,ka:m-/ noun [U] the state of
not being able to understand sb/sth 不理解；不懂：Anna read the Zetter
with fncom- < prehensio卩•安娜茫然不解地读了那封信。
in.con.ceiv.able /.inken'siivabl/
adj. impossible to
imagine or believe难以想象的；无法相信的SEl unthinkable
： It is inconceivable that the minister ivas not aifare-o/ the probZem•令人难以置信的是那位
大臣竟然没有;i识到这个问题。ED3 CONCEIVABLE
►
in*con-ceiv-ably adv.
in-con-du-sive /.mkan'kluisiv/ adj. not leading to a
definite decision or result非决定性的；无定论的；不确
定的：incondusfve
evi'dence/resufe/tests 没有说服力的 证据丨无定论的结果:/试验◊ inconcitAsfve
discussions元 结桌的讨论 WiJ3
conclusive ►
in-con-du-sive-ly adv.： The last meeting had
ended inconclusively. Ji—
有结果。_
in-cpngru-ous /m'kDqgruas; NAmE -'ka：]]-/ adj. strange, and not
suitable in a particular situation.不合 适的;本相称的；不协调的Pin INAPPROPRIATE- Such traditional
methods seem incongruous in our technical age.此类传统方法似乎同我们今天的科技时代格格不入。
►
in-con-gru-ity /.inkDn'gruiati; NAmE,mka:n-/ rioun [\J, C] {pi. -ies)： She was struck by the incongruity of the
situ- atio/i.备一局面煞是怪异，让她惊愕不已。丨〜<:〇11名〇1- ous-ly adv. ： mcongruousZy
dressed 会着不协调
in.con.se-quen.tial /m.kDnsi'kwenJl; NAmE -,ka:n-/ not important
or worth considering 不重要扣；被 不足道的；细琐的 trivial ： inconsequential
detafk充关紧姜的细节'◊
inconsequential chatt死.无谓 的喷叨 PTiI3 consequential ► in-con-se-quen^fial-ly /-Jeli/ adv.
in-con-sid-erabfe /.mkan'sidrabl/ adj. IT*!?! not incon- 'siderable (formal) large; large
enough to be considered important 巨大的；值得重视的：We have spent a not inconsiderable amount
of money on the project already.
我们已经在这一项目上投入了一笔相当大的资金。
in-con-sid-er-ate /.inksn'siderat/ adj. (disapproving) not giving enough
thought to other people’s feelings or needs不为别人着想的；不体谅别人的；考虑不周的
thoughtless ： inconsiderate behaviour 考虑不周 的行为◊ ft vvas
inconsiderate o/you not to 你连个 电也不打，不够体谅人。EBQ CONSIDERATE ► iivcon- sid er-ate-ly adv.
in-C〇n-sist-ent /.mken'sistant/ adj. 1 [not usually before noun] ~ (with sth) if two
statements, etc. are inconsistent, or one is inconsistent with the
other, they cannot both be true because they give the facts in a different way 不一致；相矛盾：77ie report is inconsistent vvfth the 力'ncmci'ai statements.这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。
◊ 77ie Harnesses’ statements were inconsistent•各证人的
证词相互抵触。2~ with sth not matching a set of
standards, ideas, etc.不符合(某套标准、思想等）： Her behaviour was
clearly inconsistent with her beliefs,
in-con-spicu-ous
/.inkan'spikjuas/
adj. not attracting
attention; not easy to notice未引人注目的；不起眼的
PTira
conspicuous ►
in.con.spicu.ous.ly flt/v. in-con-stant /in'konstant; NAmE -'karn-/ adj. (formal) not faithful in love
or friendship (对爱情i友情}:不忠的， 不专一的 HITl fickle t*raa constant ►
in.con.stancy /-ansi/ noun [U]
in-con-test-able /.mken'testabl/ adj. (formal) that is true and
cannot be disagreed with or denied 无可辩.驳 的；不可否认的；无可置疑的PI771 indisputable： an fnomtestoWe
righ<//act无可争辩的权利；无可置疑的事实
► in-con*test-ably /-abli/ adv.
in-con*tiri>ence /m'kDntmans; NAmE -'karn/ noun [u] the lack of ability to control the bladder and bowels 失禁 continence > in.con.tin.ent /-ant/ fl办： Many 〇/our patients are
incontinent.我们很多_人都有
失禁现象。
in-con-tro-vert-ible /.inkmitra'vaitabl; NAmE ,mka:n- tr0'v3：rt-/ adj. (formal) that is true and
cannot be disagreed with or denied无可争辩的；不能否认的；
/ 无‘可置疑购 HIT! indisputable ： incontrovertible
evfdezice/proo/
无可置疑的证据►
_in.con.tro.vert.ibly /.mkDntre'vaitebli; NAmE .inkaintra'va：!!-/ adv. in-con-veni-ence /.mksn'viinians/ noun, verb
►
noun 1 [U] trouble or
problems, especially concerning what you need or wou丨d like yourself _ 不便；麻烦；
困难：We apologize for the delay and regret any
incon- venience
it may have caused我们对此次延误以及因此有
可能造成的所肴不便表示道歉。◊ J have already
been put to corwiderabZe inconvenience..我已经被添了相当的麻烦
了。2 [C] a person or thing
that causes problems or difficulties带来不便者；麻烦的人（或事物）BEInuis- ance ： J can put up with.minor i.nconveniences.我會巨忍 受些小的不便。
►
verb [VN] to cause trouble
or difficulty for sb ^ ^ A ) 造成不便（或带来麻烦）：J hope t/iat we
haven’t inconvenienced you.我希望我们没有给你添麻烦。
in-con-veni-ent /.inkan'viiniant/ adj. causing trouble or
problems, especially concerning what you need or would like yourself不方便的；引起麻烦的；造成困难
的：an inconvenient
rime/pktce不古:便的时.间/地点 Win convenient ►in-con-veni-ent-ly
adv.
in-corp-or-ate
/m'koipareit;
NAmE -'koirp-/ verb [VN] 1 〜sth (in/into/within
sth) to include sth so that it