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inelegant

英 [ɪn'elɪg(ə)nt] 美 [ɪn'ɛlɪɡənt]

解释

adj. 不雅的；粗野的；不优美的

※ 提供单词"inelegant"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

inelegant 不优雅的

in-,不，非，elegant,优雅的。

英文词源

inelegant (adj.): c. 1500, from French inélégant (15c.), from Latin inelegantem (nominative inelegans) "not choice, without taste, without judgment," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + elegans (see elegant). Related: Inelegantly; inelegance.

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例句和用法

1. The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant electric model.: 三角钢琴被代之以一架粗鄙的小电子琴。

2. It is usually nonconstructive, inelegant, hard to generalize.: 它通常是非构造性的, 不优美的, 难于一般化的.

3. The analyst could retort only that the geometric proofs were clumsy and inelegant.: 分析学家却只能回嘴说几何的证明是笨拙而不优美的.

4. The analysts could retort only that the geometric proofs were clumsy and inelegant.: 分析学家只能回嘴说几何的证明是笨拙而不优美的.

5. An inelegant and usually temporary solution to a problem.: 一个问题粗略的,通常是临时的解决方法.