"Why, the truth is, that they are not disinclined to vote, but they are afraid of being maltreated; in this country the law is sometimes unable to maintain its authority without the support of the majority. But in this case the majority entertains very strong prejudices against the blacks, and the magistrates are unable to protect them in the exercise of their legal privileges."英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
'In how far is what I do for God and in how far is it for men?' That was the question that insistently tormented him and to which he was not so much unable to give himself an answer as unable to face the answer.英文原著 · 《Father Sergius》
At this prospect the Caliph and Nouronihar were unable to repress their transports; they bounded from their litter to the ground, and broke forth into such wild exclamations, as amazed all within hearing. Interrogating each other, they shouted, "Are we not approaching the radiant palace of light? or gardens more delightful than those of Sheddad?" Infatuated mortals! they thus indulged delusive conjecture, unable to fathom the decrees of the Most High!英文原著 · 《The History of Caliph Vathek》
A minute later, the bridge, unable to recover from the death blow struck by El Capitan, went whirling into the ravine and was broken upon the rocks below. Hearing the crash behind him, Chesterton guessed that in the jungle a tree had fallen.英文原著 · 《A Charmed Life》
I have translated the passage accordingly. Senhor Lopes concurs. [525] -- The original MS. has TOMARIA SUAS TERRAS -- "would take his lands." Possibly the first of these words should have been TORNARIA, in which case the sentence would mean that the King "would restore the lands" to his enemy. [526] -- I am unable to identify this country. The description of the town answers to Vellore in North Arcot, the fine old fort at which place is surrounded with a deep moat. According to tradition, this place was captured by Krishna Deva Raya from a Reddi chief. [527] -- Blank in the original.英文原著 · 《A Forgotten Empire-Vijayanagar》
Grushnitski was standing beside Princess Mary and saying something with great warmth. She was listening to him absent-mindedly and looking about her, her fan laid to her lips. Impatience was depicted upon her face, her eyes were searching all around for somebody. I went softly behind them in order to listen to their conversation. "You torture me, Princess!" Grushnitski was saying. "You have changed dreadfully since I saw you last" . "You, too, have changed," she answered, casting a rapid glance at him, in which he was unable to detect the latent sneer. Changed?英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
The Make-A-Wish kids will not soon forget the time the great BoJack Horseman referred to their parents as 'a bunch of used jizz bags.' He filled the air with words, terrified of silence, as one often is who is smart enough to recognize his many personal failings but unwilling or unable to take the s美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
In all my years of corporate mediation, I've never been unable to resolve a dispute before it goes to arbitration.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
Blindness-- it's an affliction that prevents people from seeing what is right in front of them... like the wives who can't detect the jealousy that consumes their husbands... the women unable to see that a rival might also be a friend... the men who stay oblivious to the guilt that lies deep within美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
The government is unable to take the risks required to open up this precious frontier. The government is unable to take the risks required to open up this precious frontier.演讲 · 《Our next giant leap ~ Peter Diamandis》
In one instance, a family of lemmings was sent running in fear, but unable to find a cliff, they instead began throwing themselves电影 · 《Chicken Little (2005)》