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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.
  他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。