inefficiency
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnsi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnsi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌi-nə-ˈfi-shən(t)-sē/ (ame, mw)
inefficiency — 名詞
- inefficiencysingular
- inefficienciesplural
1. the situation where time, money, or energy is being used poorly because a person
效率低落
整體運作浪費時間與資源的狀況
the situation where time, money, or energy is being used poorly because a person, system, or process is badly organised or lacks the right skill.
Mert was frustrated by the inefficiency of the hospital's paper filing system.
Mert 對於醫院紙本歸檔系統的效率低落感到很沮喪。
inefficiency of + [system noun]
The factory closed last year because of years of poor management and inefficiency.
工廠去年因為多年來管理不善與效率低落而關門。
Ishaan wrote a report on the inefficiency in the city's bus network.
Ishaan 寫了一份報告，討論市內公車網路的效率低落問題。
There is a lot of inefficiency in the way the team handles customer emails.
團隊處理客戶電子郵件的方式有很多效率低落的地方。
Reuben blamed the project delay on the inefficiency of the old software.
Reuben 把專案延誤怪在舊軟體的效率低落上。
- waste
broader; covers any loss of resources, not just poor organisation
- incompetence
stronger and harsher; blames a person's ability rather than the system
- disorganisation
focuses on lack of structure; inefficiency adds the idea of wasted resources
- efficiency
the direct opposite: good use of time, money, and energy
- productivity
broader positive term; high output per unit of input
文法句型
inefficiency in [doing something]
inefficiency of [a system]
用法筆記
Most often uncountable in this sense. Subject is typically a system, process, organisation, or working method — not a single person's behaviour in isolation.
常見錯誤
2. a specific practice, step, or feature inside a larger system that wastes time, m
浪費環節
系統中可改進的具體浪費項目
a specific practice, step, or feature inside a larger system that wastes time, money, or energy and could be removed or fixed.
The new manager found several inefficiencies in the warehouse delivery process.
新任經理在倉庫配送流程中找到好幾個浪費環節。
find + inefficiencies in + [process]
Anong's job was to remove inefficiencies from the company's daily workflow.
Anong 的工作是把公司日常作業中的浪費環節去除。
remove inefficiencies from + [system]
Noa identified three big inefficiencies that were costing the bakery money every week.
Noa 找出三項讓麵包店每週都在損失金錢的大浪費環節。
The audit listed many small inefficiencies in the school's purchasing rules.
稽核報告列出學校採購規則裡許多小的浪費環節。
Engineers eliminated the inefficiencies in the old engine to save fuel.
工程師排除了舊引擎中的浪費環節，以節省燃料。
- weakness
general; not always about wasted resources
- bottleneck
specifically a step that slows the whole process down
- redundancy
a duplicate or unnecessary step that wastes effort
- improvement
a change that removes an inefficiency
文法句型
inefficiencies in [a system]
remove / eliminate / identify inefficiencies
用法筆記
Countable and almost always plural. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 names individual fixable items (you can count them and list them), while sense 1 names the overall poor state.