More recent writers than irving have been unable to accept the idea that a serious style could grow out of a burlesque intention . 甚至晚于欧文的作家也不认为诙谐文章能够产生严肃的风格。
Good . mr. chen , our manager sends his greetings to you , but regrets that he is unable to come to meet you personally . 太好了。我们的陈经理让我转达他对你的问候，很遗憾，他不能亲自来接你。
American manufacturers were unable to fend off the challenge from the fuel-efficient, high-quality, lower priced japanese vehicles . 美国的制造商没有能力抵御高效、优质、低价的日本汽车的排战。
They were unable to make much sense of the confused story he told them through his sobs as soon as he was able to speak . 他喘过气来后呜咽着告诉他们家里出了什么事；可是他们简直听不懂他在说些什么。
Despite her great age , she was very graceful indeed , but so far , the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity . 尽管她上了年纪，但体态确实优美。不过考古学家至今尚未查明她的身份。
Similarly, there seems no reason why we should be unable to frame sociological theories which are important for all social periods . 同样，没有理由认为我们不能创造对一切社会时期都属重要的社会学理论。
Smaller drops spend more time in the unsaturated air and, if too small, are unable to reach the ground before evaporating completely . 较小的雨滴在非饱和空气中耗费时间较长，如果太小则在到达地面之前就完全蒸发掉了。
Moving frequently, the children are unable to keep up in school, and the family is locked in poverty and ignorance from generation to generation . 由于不断流动，孩子们跟不上学校教育的程度。这种家庭一代复一代，套上了贫困和无知的枷锁。
The "one-man family farm" is promoted by all countries of western culture, even when it is unable to compete in cost-efficiency with larg farm enterprises . 属于西方文化的各国一直在力图推行“一个男人的家庭农场”，尽管它不能在成本效益上和大型农场企业相竞争。
We regret we are unable to accept your proposal 很遗憾我们不能接受贵方的建议。
