inefficient

英 [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt]

美 [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt]

adj.  效率低的; 能力差的; 浪费的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 效率低的；能力差的；浪费的
  not doing a job well and not making the best use of time, money, energy, etc.
  1. an inefficient heating system
     效率不佳的暖气系统
  2. inefficient government
     无能的政府
  3. an extremely inefficient secretary
     极不称职的秘书
  4. inefficient use of time and energy
     时间和精力的浪费

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无效率的;无能的
  Inefficientpeople, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way.
  1. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.
     他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
  2. ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.
     设备陈旧、效率低下的工厂的关闭

英英释义

adj

• lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively
  1. an ineffective administration
  2. inefficient workers
  Synonym:ineffective
• not producing desired results
  1. an inefficient campaign against drugs
  2. outdated and inefficient design and methods

双语例句

• Externalities cause markets to be inefficient, and thus fail to maximize total surplus.
  外部性引起了市场的无效率，因此不能使得总剩余最大化。
• The inefficient operation cost the firm a lot of money.
  低效率的运作使该公司损失了许多钱。
• For most purposes this was too inefficient and caused too many performance problems.
  多数情况下，这样做效率太低而且导致了太多性能问题。
• Your fast heals will be the inefficient ones, because you pay more for speed.
  你的快速治疗法术将会成为效率低下的选择，因为你为了速度付出了更多。
• In practice, this proved to be a very painstaking and an extremely inefficient process.
  在实践中，这被证明是一个非常艰苦的过程非常低效的。
• The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
  抗议者称政府腐败无能。
• GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.
  关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。
• For instance, it becomes a burden to inefficient transportation system.
  例如，它增加了我国本来效率不高的运输系统的负担。
• The manager cleaned out inefficient personnel.
  厂长把低效率人员精简掉了。
• Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy.
  处理复杂是对时间，注意力和思维能力的一种没有效率和没有必要的浪费。