unable是什么意思(unable)

unable，enable，disable有什么区别？千万别混着用，别用错啦

【2019年11月01日 百天英语-Day100】

【华东师范大学-林森撰写】

⑦When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. ⑧ She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

节选《新概念英语3 An unknown goddess》

【生词】

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昨天学习了主要学习了 ①不定式to do作状语的几种用法，分别可表示原因、目的和结果。②turn out to的用法，有时候会省略to do不定式。③介绍了什么是系动词及用法。

昨天文章如下：

什么是系动词？系动词怎么用？新概念英语3里学习一下

She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.

她身穿一条拖地长裙，尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。不过，考古工作者至今未能确定这位女神的身份。

（1）过去进行时的用法

She was wearing a full-length skirt …在这个句子中，使用的就是过去进行时的用法。

首先我们来看一下进行时。

①现在进行时结构

主语+am/is/are+现在分词

比如：

She is singing.她正在唱歌。

They are reading English.他们正在读英语。

这里需要注意的是be going to的用法。表面看虽然也是be动词+现在分词，但其实表示的是意思是将来时。比如：

It is going to rain. 要下雨了。

②过去进行时的用法

知道现在进行时之后，改写为过去进行时的方法就是将am/is/are换成过去式的was/were即可。

主语+was/were+现在分词

比如：

Cinderella was wearing a beautiful dress and a pair of fine crystal shoes. 灰姑娘穿着一件漂亮的裙子和一双精致的水晶鞋。

在这样的描写方法中，大家可以试着对比一下过去时的手法。

Cinderella wore a beautiful dress and a pair of fine crystal shoes at that time. 当时灰姑娘穿着一件漂亮的裙子和一双精致的水晶鞋。

可以看出，当使用过去进行时的时候，要比过去时更有画面感。所以这也是在文学作品中经常使用的写作手法。这下同学们会仿写了吗？

（2）unable，enable，disable的区别

the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.这里是说考古工作家们未能确定这位女神的身份，

之前在词根词缀中有介绍过前缀un，in，im，dis都有否定的含意。所以今天的unable和disable在词义上是相近的，均表示“不能”。但其在词性上略有不同。

Unable是形容词，表示“不能的”“不会的”

Disable是动词，表示“使失去能力”“使无资格”

而enable则刚好与disable构成一对反义词，动词，表示“使能够”

因为词性的不同，所以unable与disable不同互换。

The fishermen were my old friends, but they were unable to recognize me. 那些渔夫是我的老朋友，但他们却不能认出我了。

They were disabled by age or sickness. 他们因年老或疾病而失去了工作的能力。

This dictionary enable you to understand English words. 这本词典使你能理解英语词汇。

（3）discover与invent的区别

①从词义上区分：discover表示“发现”，invent表示“发明”。发现是指已经存在的东西，重新找到它。发明是指没有的东西，发明出来。

②从词根与词缀上来区分。Discover由前缀dis-和词根cover组成。Cover表示覆盖，dis前面刚介绍过disable，放在这个单词里，表示“不让cover”，本来东西被盖着藏起来，现在揭露出来了，就是“发现”。

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热门词汇disable和unable用法解析

1. disable 动词。vt.使残废;使丧失能力;使伤残;使无效;使不能运转，如：

He was disabled in a car accident.

他在车祸中残废了。

The burglars gained entry to the building after disabling the alarm.

窃贼破坏报警器后便得以进入大楼。

She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her.

她遭受这么严重的肌腱损伤，这实际上让她残废了。

His deformity totally disabled him from following his vocation.

他的残疾使他完全失去了从事他的职业的能力。

Old age disabled him for hard work.

年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。

The accident disabled him for work.

这起事故使他丧失了工作能力。

An accident disabled him from playing football.

一场事故使他不能再踢足球了。

One bomb can disable a ship.

一枚炸弹就能炸毁一条船。

注意：disabled adj.丧失能力的;有残疾的;无能力的

n.残疾人

There is a lack of adequate provision for disabled students.

为残疾学生提供的服务不够。

Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people.

这些工具多数已经过特别改装，供残疾人使用。

The booklet should be very helpful to parents of disabled children.

这本小册子对于残疾儿童的父母会很有用。

Disabled visitors are welcome; there is good wheelchair access to most facilities.

欢迎残疾人士参观，坐轮椅可以方便地到达多数设施。

She risked her own life to help a disabled woman

她冒着生命危险去帮助一个残疾妇女。

The gym can be used by both able-bodied and disabled people.

这家健身房健全和残障人士都可使用。

Five soldiers were each fined £ 140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist

5名士兵因偷窃一名残疾人游客的轮椅而每人被罚款140英镑。

We have formed an association to help the disabled.

我们成立了一个帮助残障人士的协会。

It's not polite to tease the disabled.

取笑残疾人是不礼貌的。

Don't make fun of the disabled!

不要戏弄残疾人！

It is our bounden duty to help the disabled.

帮助残疾人是我们义不容辞的责任。

caring for the sick, elderly and disabled

关心老弱病残

There are toilet facilities for the disabled.

有残疾人士专用的卫生间设施。

2. unable adj.不能的;无法;未能;没有所需技能(或力量、时间、知识等)

主要和be able to 相对应

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移交给一位民选总统。

The system is unable to log you on.

这个系统无法让你登录。

She had shown herself unable to deal with money.

她所做的事已表明她不善理财。

The company was unable to match his current salary.

当时公司付不起和他现在相同的工资。

The police were unable to gain entrance to the house.

警方怎么也进不去这栋房子。

The police have been unable to serve a summons on him.

警方一直无法把传票送达他本人。

His natural mother was unable to care for him so he was raised by an aunt.

他的生母不能照顾他，所以他是姑姑抚养大的。

He was unable to contact Blake by radio.

他未能通过无线电和布莱克取得联系。

The company has been unable to fill the post.

公司的这个空缺还未能填补。

She was unable to tear her eyes away from him.

她恋恋不舍地望着他。

The road was so narrow that cars were unable to pass.

道路太窄，汽车无法通过。

They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed.

他们无法调用他们需要的资源。

The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.

船逆着潮水没法开快。

Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall.

数以百计的人未能获准进入大厅。

I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.

我因有约在先，无法出席。

She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement.

因事先有别的安排，她将不能出席。

I regret that I am unable to accept your kind invitation.

很遗憾，我不能接受你的友好邀请。

He was unable to hide his unease at the way the situation was developing.

他无法掩饰对局势演变的忧虑。

She was unable, or unwilling, to give me any further details.

她不能，或不愿意，向我提供进一步的细节。

Doctors were unable to save her.

医生未能把她救活。

She was unable to suppress her anger.

她按捺不住怒火。

She was unable to contain her excitement.

她无法抑制内心的激动。

She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

她无法继续假装爱他了。