inefficient
英 [ɪnɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt]
美[,ɪnɪ'fɪʃnt]
- adj. 无效率的，效率低的；无能的
词态变化
比较级: more inefficient;最高级: most inefficient;副词: inefficiently;名词: inefficiency;
中文词源
inefficient 无效率的
in-,不，非，efficient,有效率的。
英文词源
- inefficient (adj.)
- 1750, "not producing the desired effect," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + efficient. Related: Inefficiency (1749); inefficiently.
双语例句
- 1. Overall, barter is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions.
- 总之，易货贸易是一种效率很低的交易形式。
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- 2. Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones.
- 非国有企业逐渐挤掉了效率低下的国有企业。
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- 3. The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
- 抗议者称政府腐败无能。
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- 4. The train company is overstaffed and notoriously inefficient.
- 铁路公司冗员过多，工作效率出了名地低。
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- 5. The welfare system is grossly inequitable and inefficient.
- 福利制度非常不公平，效率也极低。
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