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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• With these outstanding features, even though it is inefficient, is still widely used.
  有了这些突出的特点，尽管它效率低，仍然得到了广泛的应用。
• The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly
  政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer accept inefficient operations.
  管理者们终于意识到自己不能再安于低效率的运营了。
• 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。
• 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。