not large, strong or important enough for a particular purpose
insufficient time
时间不够
His salary is insufficient to meet his needs.
他的薪水不够应付需要。
1.不够的,不足的,不充分的;不适当的
1.not enough
1.Freedom seems to be a necessary but insufficient condition for innovation; any mechanism that could promote it should be welcomed.
自由是必要的，但没有足够的条件去创新，任何能有促进作用的机制都应该被欢迎。
2.The agency said it had become concerned at the weak recovery and an insufficient improvement in the public finances.
标普表示，英国经济复苏疲弱和公共财政状况改善乏力确实令人担忧。
3.In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.
在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
4.In the meantime Thenardier did not "let go of the child, " and gave a hundred insufficient reasons for it.
但是德纳第不肯“放走那孩子”，并且找了各种不成理由的借口。
5.In his novels, sometimes ponder problems of insufficient depth and the theme is often repeated.
在他的小说中，有时候思考问题不够深刻，主题也常常重复。
6.In truth, the question you propound to us is no small one, nor such that but small harm will follow if it meets with insufficient treatment.
你提出来的问题在真理中，不是个小问题。即使是处理不当，它能够造成的伤害也是极其严重的的。
7.So, initially as you looked at it it was associated with insufficient coolant.
所以，最初你们观察它时，它是与，不足的冷却剂有关。
8.The Spanish government rejected the announcement as "insufficient" , and said it would not resume peace talks.
西班牙政府反驳该声明“不充分”，并称不会恢复和平谈判。
9.Fundamental analysis alone is often insufficient to use when dealing with currencies, commodities and other "margined" products.
通常在货币、商品和其他“保证金”产品交易时只使用基本面分析是不够的。
10.Insufficient amounts of nitrogen gas, they say, will limit plant growth regardless of how much extra carbon dioxide is available.
他们说，不论有多少额外的二氧化碳可供植物吸收，氮气的不足将限制植物生长。