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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自辞典例句
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.
来自辞典例句
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.
来自辞典例句
5. An inelegant and usually temporary solution to a problem.
