(常用)不适合的;不相称的;不匹配的(尤指对某个任务、场合或角色不合适)。也可指人与事物之间“格格不入”。
/ˌɪlˈsuːtɪd/
The small kitchen is ill-suited for hosting a dinner party.
这个小厨房不适合举办晚宴。
Although he was brilliant, his impatient temperament made him ill-suited to diplomatic work, where tact matters as much as intelligence.
尽管他很聪明,但他急躁的性格使他不适合从事外交工作,因为在那种工作中,圆融与智慧同样重要。
由前缀 **ill-**(表示“不、坏”)+ suited(适合的,源自 suit “适合、相配;也有‘衣服/套装’之意”)构成,字面意思是“适配得不好”,引申为“并不合适”。