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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• Inefficient personnel were cleaned out of the management.
  管理人员中办事效率不高的被清除了出去。
• Companies also want to make sure their employees can cope with stress. Disagreements can be costly and inefficient.
  同时企业也希望确保员工能够应对压力。工作分歧会导致高成本和低效率。
• 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。
• The new fuel is as inefficient as the one they have replaced.
  这种新型燃料和被他们取代的燃料一样效率低下。
• 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。
• Many lenders believe that small farmers are inefficient and lack management skills.
  许多出借者认为小农场主是效率低的和缺乏管理技能的。
• Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.
  他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
• Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
  东欧的经验表明，工人所有的工厂可能和国有工厂一样效率低下。
• The revolving movement of M-V portfolio efficient frontier is given by means of efficient security and inefficient security.
  引入了有效证券和无效证券，给出了M-V证券组合有效前沿旋移的方向。
• The result is an inefficient, unnecessarily complicated regulatory and liability environment.
  结果就造成了一个效率低下、复杂得多余的监管和责任环境。