Unable
US /ʌnˈebəl/
・UK /ʌnˈeɪbl/
B1 中級英檢中級多益
adj.形容詞不能的；無法的
I am unable to sing, please do not ask me to sing
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字詞如何傷人：哲學快講 #28 (How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28)
- But that description is bound up with an inherently hateful attitude, so much so that the target of the word is unable to separate that attitude from the fact about his identity.
但這種描述與一種內在本質的仇恨態度緊密相連，以至於這個詞的目標對象無法將這種態度與其身份的事實分開。
- But that description is bound up with an inherently hateful attitude – so much so, that the target of the word is unable to separate that attitude from the fact about his identity.
我要告蜜糖！ (I'm Suing Honey)
- We believe that Honey unjustly enriches itself by swapping creator attribution under the guise of a coupon check, even when it's unable to provide any additional value to the consumer or when there are no coupons.
他們想知道哪些廣告有效，哪些創作者的閱聽人適合他們。
- We believe that Honey unjustly enriches itself by swapping creator attribution under the guise of a coupon check, even when it's unable to provide any additional value to the consumer or when there are no coupons.
他們想知道哪些廣告有效，哪些創作者的閱聽人適合他們。
正在發生的悲劇：肯亞北部乾旱與物資中斷引發生存危機（A crisis compounding: drought and dwindling aid in northern Kenya | DW News）
- These cycles of floods into droughts have left this community unable to stay resilient, leaving most of them dependent on not very sustainable forms of water.
接著，大型塑膠容器才能裝水供人使用。
- These cycles of floods into droughts have left this community unable to stay resilient,
這種洪水和乾旱的循環，讓這個社區無法維持韌性，大多數人都依賴著不太永續的水源。
這會致命？這些東西都有可能讓你有生命危險 (This Much Will Kill You)
- 1 or 2 ground cherry pits contains enough cyanide to take you down, and these cyanide ions inhibit the enzyme cytochrome c oxidase, causing your cells to be unable to use oxygen.
1 或 2 個磨碎的櫻桃核含有足夠讓你病倒的氰化物 ，這些氰化物離子會抑制我們體內一種稱為「細胞色素 C 氧化酶」的酶類， 使你的細胞無法利用氧氣。
- causing your cells to be unable to use oxygen.
使你的細胞無法利用氧氣。
為什麼我們談戀愛需要慢慢來？❤️ (Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love)
- In our youngest years, we may have had to acclimatise ourselves to a very uneven supply of affection. Perhaps mother was unavailable and father was violent. There might have been a lot of sarcasm and not much patience for our sorrows or opinions. And therefore, the only way to survive would have been to withdraw, to learn to play alone and to make our peace with a restricted emotional diet. So when someone arrives in adulthood promising us a banquet, when someone lays out dish after dish of generosity and care, when someone promises us unlimited kindness and tenderness, our first response may not be joy but nausea, not delight but panic. We may be unable to absorb or metabolise any of the rich nutrients before us and, without quite knowing why, in order to maintain our poise, may have no option but to turn on our kind hosts, blame them for being weak or odd and run away. We might wish to tell them, please be so kind as not to be too kind, please be generous enough not to overwhelm me, please let me find my own way to reciprocation. On the other side of the ledger, we, the so-called generous ones, the banquet givers who like to move fast, should also be brave enough to question our behaviour. It may look as if we are being purely and simply romantic, Paris on the second date, nicknames after a week. But we may turn out to be, beneath our bold gestures, something rather more complicated and sad, untenably and unhelpfully anxious. We lose our minds if we haven't heard from them in two hours.
在我們年幼的時候，我們可能不得不適應非常不均衡的親情供應。也許母親不在身邊，父親又很粗暴。他們可能會對我們冷嘲熱諷，對我們的悲傷或意見沒有多少耐心。是以，唯一的生存之道就是退縮，學會獨自玩耍，在有限的情感飲食中求得安寧。是以，當成年後有人來到我們身邊，許諾給我們一場盛宴，當有人擺出一盤又一盤慷慨和關懷的菜餚，當有人承諾給我們無限的善意和溫柔，我們的第一反應可能不是喜悅，而是噁心，不是高興，而是恐慌。我們可能無法吸收或新陳代謝我們面前的任何豐富營養，而且不知道為什麼，為了保持我們的風度，我們可能別無選擇，只
- We may be unable to absorb or metabolize any of the rich nutrients before us and, without quite knowing why, in order to maintain our poise, may have no option but to turn on our kind hosts, blame them for being weak or odd,
如何擺脫成癮的束縛？ (How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction)
- Many of us are prey to addictive behaviours which we know run contrary to our deeper interests, but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments. Let's pick three of these – bulimia, porn addiction and alcoholism. We will appreciate, as soon as we come out of the tunnel of addiction, that we have neglected our interests and harmed ourselves. And yet we are at a loss as to what we might do. What, if anything, could help? One kind of answer is this. We should try to notice when the desire to regurgitate food or watch porn or drink strikes us. Though this might sound strange, those in the grip of addictions seldom do notice. They don't pay much attention to what has immediately happened before their desire strike. It doesn't occur to them that anything has. And yet, if they did look into themselves and studied the answers very carefully, they would have an important weapon with which to escape the downward spiral. And that's because, to make another generalisation, before there is ever an addictive behaviour, there is always a moment of feeling bad, very bad, about something. The triggers can be varied. A partner may not be as warm as they should be. Or someone at work seems disapproving and mean. Or one has been left out, perhaps not for the first time, of a social occasion. In other words, the triggers for addictive, self-harming behaviours are rooted in such emotions as loneliness, shame, a sense of unacceptability, a feeling of rejection or a belief one is not good enough.
我們中的許多人都有上癮的行為，我們知道這些行為與我們的深層興趣背道而馳，但在關鍵時刻我們卻發現自己完全無法戒除。讓我們選擇其中的三種--貪食症、色情成癮和酗酒。一旦我們走出成癮的隧道，我們就會明白，我們忽視了自己的興趣，傷害了自己。然而，我們卻不知所措。如果說有什麼可以幫助我們的話，那又是什麼呢？一種答案是這樣的。我們應該試著注意到自己什麼時候會有反芻食物、看色情電影或酗酒的慾望。雖然這聽起來很奇怪，但那些被毒癮控制的人很少會注意到。他們不太注意在慾望來臨之前發生了什麼。他們不會想到有任何事情發生過。然而
- Many of us are prey to addictive behaviours which we know run contrary to our deeper interests - but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments.
我們中的許多人都有上癮的行為，我們知道這些行為與我們的深層興趣背道而馳，但在關鍵時刻我們卻發現自己完全無法戒除。讓我們選擇其中的三種--貪食症、色情成癮和酗酒。一旦我們走出成癮的隧道，我們就會明白，我們忽視了自己的興趣，傷害了自己。然而，我們卻不知所措。如果說有什麼可以幫助我們的話，那又是什麼呢？一種答案是這樣的。我們應該試著注意到自己什麼時候會有反芻食物、看色情電影或酗酒的慾望。雖然這聽起來很奇怪，但那些被毒癮控制的人很少會注意到。他們不太注意在慾望來臨之前發生了什麼。他們不會想到有任何事情發生過。然而
國家地理頻道 - 萬裡長城紀錄片！ (National Geographic - The Great Wall of China - Documentary)
- The nomadic troops are unable to capture the Chinese granary.
他們把燃料和這裡的光，它可以在這裡做飯。
- The nomadic troops are unable to capture the Chinese granary.
他們把燃料和這裡的光，它可以在這裡做飯。
