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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
  抗议者称政府腐败无能。
• 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 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。
• 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 welfare system is grossly inequitable and inefficient.
  福利制度非常不公平，效率也极低。
• 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。