uneconomical

英 [ˌʌnˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkl]

美 [ˌʌnˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪkl]

adj.  浪费的; 不节俭的; 不经济的

BEC

BNC.25641 / COCA.36133

牛津词典

adj.

• 浪费的；不节俭的；不经济的
  using too much time or money, or too many materials, and therefore not likely to make a profit
  1. It soon proved uneconomical to stay open 24 hours a day.
     每天24小时营业很快就证明是不经济的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不能盈利的；没有效益的；不经济的
  If you say that an action, a method, or a product isuneconomical, you mean that it does not make a profit.
  1. It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape...
     寄一盘新磁带过去不合算。
  2. The methods employed are old-fashioned and uneconomical...
     采用的方法很老套，没什么效益。
  3. Even the successful flying boats proved, in the end, uneconomical.
     即使是成功的水上飞机最终也未能盈利。
  4. ...the uneconomical duplication of jobs.
     没有效益的重复工作

英英释义

adj

• inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
  1. a clumsy and wasteful process
  2. wasteful duplication of effort
  3. uneconomical ebb and flow of power
  Synonym:wasteful
• wasteful of resources
  Synonym:uneconomic

双语例句

• In a world where expected returns on a typical investment portfolio may have dropped 40 per cent compared with prior to the crisis, paying 1 per cent or more each year to a wealth manager is increasingly uneconomical, said RBS.
  苏格兰皇家银行表示：如今，一个典型投资组合的预期回报率较危机前可能已下跌了40%。向一家财富管理公司每年缴纳1%甚至更高的费用，变得越来越不经济。
• An only slightly less insidious form of "real estate" is one that is uneconomical, except for tax breaks.
  这种唯一略显狡诈的“房地产”形式除了税额优惠以外，对购房者而言并无经济实惠可言。
• Such as: recessive education resources is idle, scale is uneconomical, huge loss of wealth, properties and persons because of lax management and low education quantity etc.
  如隐性教育资源闲置、规模不经济、管理涣散造成人财物资源的巨大耗损流失和教育质量低下等等。
• Symmetrical structure bring to the people safe, balanced, stable, grave and the perfect feeling, break the symmetrical construction shape not only to increase the difficulty for the structural design, but also cause the construction to change complex, thus caused the uneconomical.
  对称的结构给人安全、均衡、稳定、庄重和完美的感觉，打破对称的建筑形态不仅给结构设计增加了难度，而且使施工变得复杂，从而导致经济造价的提高。
• A clumsy and wasteful process; wasteful duplication of effort; uneconomical ebb and flow of power.
  笨拙、不经济的程序；浪费的重复工作；力量的不经济的消长。
• The conclusion is that using gravity retaining wall alone will be comparatively uneconomical.
  单纯采用重力式挡土墙是不经济的。
• The two groups are among a handful of companies trying to develop mines in the far west of Australia's Midwest, where much of the ore was deemed uneconomical to mine until ore prices started soaring on strong Asian demand.
  有几家公司试图在澳大利亚中西部以西地区开矿，其中就包括上述两家公司。在亚洲的强劲需求导致铁矿石价格飞涨之前，该地区的大量铁矿石曾被认为成本过高，不适于开采。
• Meanwhile, for 'strategic' reasons, Hong Kong banks continue to fight for market share on RMB deposits by offering uneconomical time deposit rates.
  与此同时，出于战略原因，香港银行仍在通过提供不经济的定期存款利率，来争夺人民币存款的市场份额。
• The traditional consumer litigation of our country exposes that the qualifications of plaintiff is not sound; the litigation benefit is uneconomical;
  我国传统消费者诉讼暴露出原告资格不健全，诉讼效益不经济和举证责任不均衡等问题。
• This part comments on the nowadays organization condition of the steel industry, in particular points out the anti-concentration trend and uneconomical scaled feature of the steel industry in our country.
  对我国钢铁产业组织现状进行了评述，特别指出我国钢铁产业的逆集中化趋势和规模不经济的特征。