| 单词 | ineffective |
| 释义 | ineffective (ɪnɪfektɪv ) adjective If you say that something is ineffective, you mean that it has no effect on a process or situation. Economic reform will continue to be painful and ineffective. This is an ineffective method of controlling your dog. Synonyms: unproductive, useless, futile, vain ineffectiveness uncountable noun ...the ineffectiveness of some of the police's anti-crime strategies. [+ of] Collocations: generally ineffective However, studies reveal that such measures are generally ineffective. Times, Sunday Times The government was involved heavily in the dairy industry, but it was generally ineffective in improving nutritional levels in dairy products. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Attempts by several 20th-century scholars and critics to spark wider interest in his life and works have proved generally ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Odoriferous repellents, including mothballs and ammonia, are generally ineffective in expelling squirrels from buildings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are generally ineffective, and are no substitute for physical measures to exclude squirrels from building interiors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He blamed 'incompetent and ineffective leadership' in those councils. The Sun Littered with such words as 'inadequate', 'chronic', 'woeful' and 'insupportable', it identifies a lack of common ethos and ineffective leadership and management. Times, Sunday Times Those seen as having ineffective leadership suffered discounts of up to 20 per cent. Times, Sunday Times Labour has always had factions and has sometimes had ineffective leadership. Times, Sunday Times This has been a textbook example of ineffective policy. Times, Sunday Times Democratic societies and the global institutions that they have created do, however, have the ability to spot trouble ahead and correct ineffective policies. Times, Sunday Times The public at large reacted by attacking the government's ineffective policies and fought dauntlessly to maintain their nation's independence and freedom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This reassertion of individual liability would be a better way of improving capitalism than another load of expensive but ineffective regulation. Times, Sunday Times The problem for the majority, who would have to carry on buying annuities, was different — inadequate and ineffective regulation of annuity sales. Times, Sunday Times The cajas were run mainly by politicians rather than by bankers, which led to disastrous lending policies — particularly a dangerous concentration in property loans — and ineffective regulation. Times, Sunday Times The misdiagnosis often leads to erroneous, ineffective treatment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, a single 2-g dose of niclosamine proved to be ineffective treatment therapy, as did 100 mg orally of mebendazole twice a day for three days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They contended that the absence of interpreters impaired their ability to communicate with their doctors and other health care providers, and thus increased the risk of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This can lead to war heroes being trapped in ineffective treatments instead of being seen by experts. The Sun While hospitals routinely abandon ineffective treatments, such as prophylactic removal of wisdom teeth, he said that this rarely happened in other public services. Times, Sunday Times We can no longer afford to be hobbled by this dysfunctional, expensive and ineffective use of scarce resources. Times, Sunday Times The present system represents a highly ineffective use of expensive buildings and resources. Times, Sunday Times She said that the dolls, which cost about 1,000, were 'likely to be an ineffective use of public resources'. Times, Sunday Times Taxation is a blunt and largely ineffective tool of changing the habits of consumers. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is largely ineffective against a regime that is unmoved by the sufferings of its people. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The public perception is that social workers are underpaid, overworked and largely ineffective. Times, Sunday Times (2009) For two thousand years, dynasties bankrupted themselves constructing mighty, and largely ineffective, walls. The Times Literary Supplement (2008) Batting in the tailend, he was mostly ineffective, making a top score of just 5 in four innings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pesticides are mostly ineffective because the beetle juveniles are protected inside the berry nurseries, but they are vulnerable to predation by birds when they emerge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The destruction of the navy yard was mostly ineffective; in particular, the large drydock there was relatively undamaged and soon could be restored. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tax cuts work quickly but, in times like these, are relatively ineffective. Times, Sunday Times With a few exceptions, their attempts at asymmetric warfare have been crude and relatively ineffective. Times, Sunday Times The dispersants introduced were relatively ineffective due to insufficient wave action to mix the oil and water, and their use was shortly abandoned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Up to that time everything in this area had been disorganized and difussed sic and relatively ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their fire was relatively ineffective and both sides fired torpedoes without scoring any hits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And now new research not only shows that counting calories can be totally ineffective, but more worryingly, it could be making you ill. The Sun In practice this proved totally ineffective since the weights could not be moved quickly enough and hydroplanes and fins were subsequently fitted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Running a bucket brigade to put out the building blaze was totally ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At this time they begin exhibiting symptoms of radiation poisoning of sufficient severity to render them totally ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不起作用的 Japanese: 効果のない |
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