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

• Erosion control of soil is particularly uneconomical in the United States because of the untrammeled pursuit of profits.
  在美国，由于无休止地追求利润，所以控制土壤侵蚀特别不合算。
• Many of the alternatives to coal, oil and nuclear power are quite simply uneconomical.
  许多煤，石油和核电的替代物根本就是不合算的。
• In a world where expected returns on a typical investment portfolio may have dropped 40 per cent compared with prior to the crisis, paying 1 per cent or more each year to a wealth manager is increasingly uneconomical, said RBS.
  苏格兰皇家银行表示：如今，一个典型投资组合的预期回报率较危机前可能已下跌了40%。向一家财富管理公司每年缴纳1%甚至更高的费用，变得越来越不经济。
• 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。
• That using the modern control theory to control the high-rise construction structure earthquake respondence is an effective way to reduce the earthquake to the construction destruction at present. The traditional anti-seismic structure is not only uneconomical, but also very possible dissatisfied secure request.
  采用现代控制理论对高层建筑结构的地震响应进行控制是目前减小地震时对建筑结构破坏的有效途径，传统的抗震结构不但不经济，而且很可能不满足安全性的要求。
• Defects quality control is uneconomical, impossible and unnecessary.
  0缺陷质量管理既不经济，也不可能，更没有必要。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。