0 lack of ability to do something -- 无能，无力
[ + to infinitive ] Inability to use a computer is a serious disadvantage when you are applying for jobs. 不会操作电脑在求职时是个十分不利的条件。
The story of his inability to keep silent after this abjuration has been told many times.
Patients suffering from progressive autonomic failure with primary degeneration of autonomic neurons show a characteristic inability to contract the distal urethral sphincter.
In his inability to force this nameless woman to marry him, he faced a definite curtailment of his former power.
This was demonstrated by the inability of the country's political leadership to comprehend the rapid regrouping of political forces.
Default risk is related to the inability of a borrower to reimburse a loan or a bond.
Most of the remainder focused on their inability to bear additional costs (34 per cent).
The first disadvantage of small size lies in the inability to realize the external economies of scale discussed in the previous section.
Thus, many of the failures of econometrics are easily grasped as manifestations of structural changes combined with the inability to predict such changes.
