喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt/ · /ˌɪnəˈfɪʃənt/沒有效率的；效率低的

    not using time, money, or energy in the best way; something that more than it needs to get the job done.

    示範例句 · Example

    Copying one page at a time on that old printer is a very inefficient way to finish the class handouts.

    逐字一次一頁地在那台舊印表機上影印是一個非常沒有效率的方式來完成班級講義。

    「inefficient」形容人、系統、機器或方法「沒把時間、錢、力氣用在最好的地方」——事情也許還做得完，但花得比較多。可以想成 efficient（有效率）加上 in-，把「用少換多」翻成「用多換少」。它跟 ineffective 容易搞混：inefficient 講過程浪費資源；ineffective 講結果沒做成。wasteful 更強調「浪費太多、沒有用處」。

    常見搭配

    • an inefficient system

      沒有效率的系統

      a system that wastes time, money, or energy

      The library’s sign-out system is outdated and inefficient.

    • an inefficient way (to do something)

      沒有效率的做法／方式

      a method that takes more time or effort than needed

      Writing every note by hand twice is an inefficient way to study.

    • an inefficient use of (time / money / energy / resources)

      沒有效率地使用（時間／金錢／能源／資源）

      using time, money, energy, or resources poorly

      Printing full-color posters for every draft is an inefficient use of money.

    • inefficient management / schedule / process

      沒有效率的管理／行程／流程

      organization or planning that wastes effort

      Inefficient scheduling left the science fair helpers waiting with nothing to do.

    • outdated and inefficient

      過時又沒有效率

      old-fashioned and wasting more than it should

      The school still uses an outdated and inefficient photocopy machine.

    用法接近

    ineffectiveineffectualbadly-runcostly

    意思相反

    efficientproductiveeconomicalstreamlined

core核心畫面

Picture two to the same place: one goes straight there, the other loops around three times and burns twice the fuel. inefficient describes the second one — the job may still get done, but more time, money or energy leaks away on the way than the job actually needed.

可以想成同一個地方有兩條路可以走：一條直直過去，另一條繞了三圈、還多燒一倍的油。inefficient 講的是後面那一條——事情最後也許還是做完了，但路上漏掉、耗掉的時間、金錢或力氣，比這件事真正需要的多。

同家族的字

比較級 more inefficient最高級 most inefficient

用法接近

ineffectiveineffectualbadly-runcostly

意思相反

efficientproductiveeconomicalstreamlined

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

inefficientadj/ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/

  • 1

    Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious.

    • Celery is an inefficient food.
  • 2

    Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing.

    • inefficient workers
    • an inefficient administrator

inefficientnoun/ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/

  • 1

    A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.

    • Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]
    • A general shaking up of the workers from top to bottom would result; and when equilibrium had been restored, the number of the inefficients at the bottom of the Abyss would have been increased by hundreds of thousands.

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