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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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。
• Quantify measures and analyzes the time spent in your program to identify "hot spots" and inefficient code.
  Quantify度量并分析在程序中所花费的时间，从而识别“热点”和无效的代码。
• 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。
• 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。
• This distortion is inefficient and unproductive, and corrupts the very fabric of markets.
  这种扭曲的现状损害了效率和生产力，腐蚀了市场的基础架构。
• 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。
• Unfortunately, up to now, alternative methods have proved too costly, or inefficient beyond the experimental stage.
  不幸的是，到目前为止，已找到的替代方法或是过于昂贵，或效率低的超出了试验阶段的预料。
• 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 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。
• 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。