uneconomical

英 [ˌʌnˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkl]

美 [ˌʌnˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪkl]

adj.  浪费的; 不节俭的; 不经济的

BEC

BNC.25641 / COCA.36133

牛津词典

adj.

• 浪费的；不节俭的；不经济的
  using too much time or money, or too many materials, and therefore not likely to make a profit
  1. It soon proved uneconomical to stay open 24 hours a day.
     每天24小时营业很快就证明是不经济的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不能盈利的；没有效益的；不经济的
  If you say that an action, a method, or a product isuneconomical, you mean that it does not make a profit.
  1. It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape...
     寄一盘新磁带过去不合算。
  2. The methods employed are old-fashioned and uneconomical...
     采用的方法很老套，没什么效益。
  3. Even the successful flying boats proved, in the end, uneconomical.
     即使是成功的水上飞机最终也未能盈利。
  4. ...the uneconomical duplication of jobs.
     没有效益的重复工作

英英释义

adj

• inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
  1. a clumsy and wasteful process
  2. wasteful duplication of effort
  3. uneconomical ebb and flow of power
  Synonym:wasteful
• wasteful of resources
  Synonym:uneconomic

双语例句

• An only slightly less insidious form of "real estate" is one that is uneconomical, except for tax breaks.
  这种唯一略显狡诈的“房地产”形式除了税额优惠以外，对购房者而言并无经济实惠可言。
• The two groups are among a handful of companies trying to develop mines in the far west of Australia's Midwest, where much of the ore was deemed uneconomical to mine until ore prices started soaring on strong Asian demand.
  有几家公司试图在澳大利亚中西部以西地区开矿，其中就包括上述两家公司。在亚洲的强劲需求导致铁矿石价格飞涨之前，该地区的大量铁矿石曾被认为成本过高，不适于开采。
• Meanwhile, for 'strategic' reasons, Hong Kong banks continue to fight for market share on RMB deposits by offering uneconomical time deposit rates.
  与此同时，出于战略原因，香港银行仍在通过提供不经济的定期存款利率，来争夺人民币存款的市场份额。
• Because the structural integrity will cause the different fire resistance performance, the design method would lead to dangerous or uneconomical results.
  然而，结构的整体性会导致处于整体结构中的构件与单个构件的抗火性能差异较大，因此该设计方法不科学也不经济，会导致偏于保守或偏于危险的结果。
• A clumsy and wasteful process; wasteful duplication of effort; uneconomical ebb and flow of power.
  笨拙、不经济的程序；浪费的重复工作；力量的不经济的消长。
• The traditional earthquake-resistance method is improving the intensity and stiffness of structure, which will be very uneconomical and probably unsafe.
  而按照传统的抗风抗震设计方法，即采用提高结构强度和刚度的方法来设计，将十分不经济，而且很可能不安全。
• The traditional consumer litigation of our country exposes that the qualifications of plaintiff is not sound; the litigation benefit is uneconomical;
  我国传统消费者诉讼暴露出原告资格不健全，诉讼效益不经济和举证责任不均衡等问题。
• There used to be three branches of the fast food chain on the island until the 2009 financial crisis made it uneconomical to continue with the business.
  冰岛曾经有三家麦当劳连锁店，直到2009年金融危机爆发之后，经济环境让麦当劳的生意无法维系下去了。
• Symmetrical structure bring to the people safe, balanced, stable, grave and the perfect feeling, break the symmetrical construction shape not only to increase the difficulty for the structural design, but also cause the construction to change complex, thus caused the uneconomical.
  对称的结构给人安全、均衡、稳定、庄重和完美的感觉，打破对称的建筑形态不仅给结构设计增加了难度，而且使施工变得复杂，从而导致经济造价的提高。
• I do not mean to suggest that test cases should not be rigorous, only that they should be no more rigorous than is justified, and that we testers sometimes error on the side of uneconomical detail.
  我不是认为测试用例不应当严格，只是说它们过分严格，而且我们测试员有时在不经济的细节中犯错误。