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unproductive

英 [ʌnprə'dʌktɪv] 美['ʌnprə'dʌktɪv]
  • adj. 非生产性的;徒劳的;不毛的;不生产的

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副词: unproductively;

英英释意


1. not producing or capable of producing;
"elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
2. not producing desired results;
"the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

英文词源


unproductive (adj.)
1756, from un- (1) "not" + productive (adj.). Related: Unproductively; unproductiveness.

考试真题


since African agriculture is still broadly unproductive, food is imported, consuming a portion of revenue.

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If we weren't on our devices,we'd likely do something similarly unproductive.

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实用场景例句


unproductive land
贫瘠的土地

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an unproductive meeting
事倍功半的会议

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I've had a very unproductive day.
我这一天什么事都没干成。

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Research workers are well aware that much of their time and effort is unproductive.
研究人员很清楚,他们的很多时间和精力全都是白费。

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...increasingly unproductive land.
越来越贫瘠的土地

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Politicians love uncorrected GDP since it adds up both productive and unproductive costs, magically damagepositive indicator.
政客们喜欢未调整的GDP,因为它把有产出和没产出的成本都算上了, 从而神奇的变废为宝.

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Whoever contributes nothing directly or indirectly to production, is an unproductive consumer.
谁对生产既没有直接贡献也没有间接贡献, 谁就是非生产性消费者.

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His own personality cult was and is a literally monumental weight of unproductive spending.
他营造的对其个人的崇拜,曾是(也仍是)国家的重负,消耗大量非生产性支出.

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Shifting gears when relationships are unproductive.
改变无效关系的变通方式.

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One quarter of the country is reckoned as unproductive.
该国四分之一的土地被认为是不毛之地.

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You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities.
你很少浪费你的能量在无谓的活动上.

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There is unproductive consumption by productive consumers.
生产性消费者也有非生产性的消费.

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This would boost urban consumption and encourage the migration of unproductive rural labour into the cities.
这将极大的促进城市消费,同时也能鼓励不劳动的农村劳动力移民进入进入城市.

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Owing to the rise of the temperature, the land becomes barren and unproductive.
由于气温升高, 土地变得贫瘠而减产.

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The spring in Jericho was bad and that causes death and made the land unproductive!
这里记载,耶利哥的泉水有害,叫人死,又叫田地不生长.

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Going too far in either extreme may be unproductive and inefficient in many situations.
往任何一端走得太远都可能降低收益和效率.

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Little of your efforts are ever wasted on unproductive activities or trivial matters.
你不会浪费丝毫力气在无用的活动或是芝麻绿豆的小事上.

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One man's mystical haven for wealth is another's unproductive barbarous relic.
一个人的神秘的财富庇护所则是另一个人的不毛的荒凉废墟.

辞典例句

She found that she spent the following day once again feeling unproductive and adrift.
她发觉自己在第二天又感到了没有生产力,漫无目的.

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A tract of unproductive land, often a scrubby growth of trees. Often used in the plural.
贫瘠地,不毛之地:一块贫瘠的土地, 通常树木低矮. 常用复数.

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The talks between labor and management were unproductive.
工人与管理层之间的对话毫无效果.

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Learning and growing up in such an environment, one may regard dreaming as an unproductive act.
在这样的环境中学习和成长, 人们会把做梦当作一种徒劳无益的行为.

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The letter was not unproductive.
信没有白写.

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Failure can be productive only if we do not focus on it as an unproductive result.
只有当我们不认为它是一个没有收益的成果时,失败才会变得有价值.

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Land was made available ― but it was land that had been unproductive before.
人们可以得到土地──但它是原先的不毛之地.

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SOD . Without clear objectives, chances are that a meeting will be unproductive.
没有明确目标的会议多半是徒劳无功.

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The way we continue on with the same unproductive and destructive patterns, habits and behaviours.
我们如何继续用徒劳的、消极的方式 、 习惯和行为处事.

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To prospect for ( oil, for example ) in an area supposed to be unproductive.
盲目开掘在认为资源不足的地区盲目找 ( 如油 )

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Labour has accordingly been distinguished into Productive and Unproductive.
劳动因此而被分成生产性的和非生产性的.

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