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单词 inconveniently
释义
inconvenientin‧con‧ve‧ni‧ent /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənt◂/ ●○○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Computer breakdowns are annoying and inconvenient.
  • Not having a visa can cause inconvenient and expensive delays.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • An important moment had arrived and he could feel the inconvenient squeeze of moral choice.
  • Any other arrangement would be heavier, more expensive and inconvenient.
  • It must, he recognized, have been infuriating and inconvenient to work in.
  • The old patterns are allowed to persist but are made progressively more inconvenient.
  • While the regime for patients undergoing sclerotherapy is more inconvenient, it is undoubtedly less traumatic.
  • Your grandparents left for Terminus a few months back in my time and since then I have suffered a rather inconvenient paralysis.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation: · These toys are not suitable for children under 3.· The job was considered unsuitable for women.· Some dogs end up in totally unsuitable homes.
not suitable for a particular situation or purpose – used especially about someone’s behaviour or language: · Slang is not appropriate in an academic essay.· Never reward inappropriate behaviour.· It would not be appropriate for us to comment at this stage.
not the right thing or person for a particular job or purpose: · You’re using the wrong spoon – this is the soup spoon.· She was simply the wrong person for the job.
[not before noun] not looking or seeming suitable for that place or situation: · The horse drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic.· At first I felt a bit out of place.
two ideas or things that are incompatible cannot exist or be done together. Two people who are incompatible are unlikely to have a successful relationship, because they have very different characters, beliefs etc: · He considered the role of wife and mother to be incompatible with a career.· Why do totally incompatible people get married?
formal seeming strange and unsuitable, often in a humorous way, because of being unexpected in a particular situation or very different from its surroundings: · It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.· He was dressed in a three-piece suit with an incongruous tie shaped like a fish.
an inconvenient place or time is not suitable and causes problems for you: · He always seems to call at inconvenient times.· The new station is inconvenient to pedestrians, because it is a long walk from the centre of town.
not suitable to be used for something, or not suitable to do something: · The boat is not only unfit to live in but is actually unsafe.· The meat was declared unfit for human consumption (=not suitable to eat).· He claims she is an unfit mother.· A jury decided Pryse-Jones was unfit to stand trial at court because of his mental illness.· The house was unfit for human habitation (=not suitable to live in).
Longman Language Activatora time or arrangement that causes difficulties
· I'm afraid he's come at an inconvenient time.inconvenient/not convenient for · I can call you back later if it's not convenient for you to talk now.· They discussed moving the office to a new building downtown but it wasn't convenient for most of the staff.it is inconvenient to do something · If you find it inconvenient to come to the office, we can email the files to you.
especially spoken a time that is not convenient because you are busy or you have made other plans: · Sorry - have I come at a bad time?
spoken if something, especially an arrangement, time, date etc is bad for or is no good for you, it is not convenient because you have other plans: · Saturdays are no good for me. Could we play Fridays instead?· Would it be bad for you if we met at my house instead of yours?
if something is awkward or difficult , it is inconvenient to do it, especially because it would interrupt something else: · Robson's resignation comes at an awkward time for the company.· Things are a bit difficult at the moment. Can I call you back this afternoon?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· It was most inconvenient and she often wished he would leave her alone.· On the most inconvenient day of the whole year for me.· They chose to arrive prematurely - on Speech Day, as it happened, which was most inconvenient for their father.· Children have a knack of choosing the most inconvenient or embarrassing times for their Socratic dialogues.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounconvenience ≠ inconvenienceadjectiveconvenient ≠ inconvenientverbinconvenienceadverbconveniently ≠ inconveniently
 causing problems, often in a way that is annoying OPP  convenient:  Monday’s a bit inconvenient for me. How about Wednesday? Am I calling at an inconvenient time?—inconveniently adverb
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