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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• 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。
• 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。
• But this is a waste of time and resources, and this form of busy polling is extremely inefficient.
  但这是在浪费时间和资源，而且这种繁忙查询的效率非常低。
• 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。
• The welfare system is grossly inequitable and inefficient.
  福利制度非常不公平，效率也极低。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。