VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤appear, be, feel, prove, seem顯得不能;不能;感覺不能;證明不能;看上去不能▸➤become變得不能▸➤remain仍然不能▸➤find yourself, leave sb, make sb, render sb發覺自己不能;使某人不能◇She found herself unable to meet his gaze.她發覺自己不敢看他凝視的目光。◇The accident left him unable to walk.這次事故使他喪失了行走能力。➤consider sb/sth認為⋯不能◇He was considered unable to cope with the pressure of the job.大家認為他無法承受工作壓力。ADVERB➤completely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly完全不能;絕對不能▸➤increasingly越來越不能▸➤almost, nearly, virtually幾乎/差不多/實際上不能▸➤generally, largely通常/很大程度上不能▸➤apparently, seemingly表面上/似乎不能◇He went on, apparently unable to stop.他仍在繼續,看上去停不下來了。➤clearly明顯不能➤simply實在不能◇The staff were simply unable to cope.工作人員實在是沒法應付。➤somehow不知什麼原因不能◇They are somehow unable to make the choices necessary.他們不知何故無法作出必要的選擇。➤genuinely (especially BrE) 真的不能▸➤temporarily暫時不能◇Clare nodded, temporarily unable to speak.克萊爾點了點頭,一時說不出話來。➤still仍然不能➤currently目前不能▸➤constitutionally, physically本質上/體質上不能◇He seemed constitutionally unable to keep quiet.他似乎天生就不能保持安靜。PHRASES➤unwilling or unable不願意或是不能夠◇He remained silent, unwilling or unable to say what was in his mind.他仍舊保持沉默,不願意或是不能夠說出他的想法。