inadequate

inadequate

英 [ɪn'ædɪkwət]
　　美 [ɪn'ædɪkwət]

adj. 不充分的，不適當的

中文詞源：

inadequate 不足的

in-,不，非，adequate,足夠的。

例句：

1. Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.
很遺憾，我們不得不讓住戶擠在這些狹小的公寓裡。

2. Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate.
政府在積極幫助年輕人方面做得還不夠。

3. The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.
墜機是導航不力的直接後果。

4. In court filings, they argued that the settlement was inadequate.
在法庭訟案中，他們提出和解費數額太少。

5. The results prove that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.
結果證明對鮭魚飼養行業的管理不夠完善。