Unable to sleep, I got up and made myself a drink.
我睡不着,于是起来给自己倒了杯酒。
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In everyday English, people usually say that they can't/couldn't do something rather than are/were unable to do something: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 can’t/couldn’t do sth,而不说 are/were unable to do sth
unable to do something• They were unable to find any link when other variables like prices and incomes were taken into account.• Ben was unable to get out of bed for four days.• Preventioneducation has been unable tohalt this behavior, or even to make much of a dent in it.• The result has been that customers are often unable tolog on to the system.• He seemed unable to meet the coroner's eyes, not daring even to look in his direction.• Tebbit found himself unable tooutlaw the closed shop entirely.• Three kidstrapped by them and unable toreturn home.• Of much of this process Coffin was a spectator; he was unable totear himself away.• Well over eighty years of age, and unable to walk without support, he now rarely leaves his room.
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。