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.
雙語例句
1. The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant electric model.
三角鋼琴被代之以一架粗鄙的小電子琴。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It is usually nonconstructive, inelegant, hard to generalize.
它通常是非構(gòu)造性的, 不優(yōu)美的, 難于一般化的.
來自辭典例句
3. The analyst could retort only that the geometric proofs were clumsy and inelegant.
分析學家卻只能回嘴說幾何的證明是笨拙而不優(yōu)美的.
來自辭典例句
4. The analysts could retort only that the geometric proofs were clumsy and inelegant.
分析學家只能回嘴說幾何的證明是笨拙而不優(yōu)美的.
來自辭典例句
5. An inelegant and usually temporary solution to a problem.