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inefficient adj.效率低的,效率差的,(指人)不能胜任的,无能的 Inefficient businesses have trouble making money and growing, and an inefficient city bus system might transport just a few passengers at a time. If your car is inefficient, it gets terrible gas mileage and is expensive to drive. If something is efficient, it's productive and inexpensive. Inefficient has the opposite meaning, which is clear from the "not" prefix in-. ★★☆☆☆ 2005.0

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[ini'fiʃ(ə)nt] Inefficient things waste time, money, or other resources. Your old inefficient dishwasher uses much more water and electricity than a new model would. Shame on you. The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it inefficient to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can create new receptors if necessary.  1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无效率的；无能的 Inefficient people, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.他们的通讯系统效率非常差。...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.设备陈旧、效率低下的工厂的关闭inefficiency...the inefficiency of the distribution system.分销系统的低效inefficientlyEnergy prices have been kept low, so energy is used inefficiently.能源价格一直维持低水平，所以能源利用效率很低。

英语单词	inefficient
英美音标	[ini'fiʃ(ə)nt]
中文释义	adj.效率低的,效率差的,(指人)不能胜任的,无能的
vocab简明	Inefficient things waste time, money, or other resources. Your old inefficient dishwasher uses much more water and electricity than a new model would. Shame on you.
vocab扩展	Inefficient businesses have trouble making money and growing, and an inefficient city bus system might transport just a few passengers at a time. If your car is inefficient, it gets terrible gas mileage and is expensive to drive. If something is efficient, it's productive and inexpensive. Inefficient has the opposite meaning, which is clear from the "not" prefix in-.
真题原句	The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it inefficient to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can create new receptors if necessary.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无效率的；无能的 Inefficient people, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme. 他们的通讯系统效率非常差。 ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories. 设备陈旧、效率低下的工厂的关闭 inefficiency ...the inefficiency of the distribution system. 分销系统的低效 inefficiently Energy prices have been kept low, so energy is used inefficiently. 能源价格一直维持低水平，所以能源利用效率很低。
来源	2005.0

Inefficient Time Receptors Inefficiency Energy Ini'fiʃ(ə)Nt Adj.效率低的,效率差的,(指人)不能胜任的,无能的 Things