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 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.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 outdated and inefficient design and methods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

• 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。
• The result is an inefficient, unnecessarily complicated regulatory and liability environment.
  结果就造成了一个效率低下、复杂得多余的监管和责任环境。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient.
  我们现行的企业税制度是过时、不公平和低效率的。
• Companies also want to make sure their employees can cope with stress. Disagreements can be costly and inefficient.
  同时企业也希望确保员工能够应对压力。工作分歧会导致高成本和低效率。
• 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。
• 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。