inertia
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近义词quiescence inertness stasis immobility idleness stillness passivity stagnation inaction unemployment inactivity
反义词
- n. [力] 惯性；惰性，迟钝；不活动
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助记提示
1. in- "not, without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill, art" => ert- "skill" + -ia.
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".
中文词源
inertia 惰性，惯性
来自inert,惰性的。后17世纪物理学家牛顿用来指物理学上的力的惯性。
英文词源
- inertia (n.)
- 1713, introduced as a term in physics 17c. by German astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from Latin inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (genitive inertis) "unskilled, inactive;" see inert. Used in Modern Latin by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.
双语例句
- 1. I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
- 我好像无法摆脱这种无力的感觉。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.
- 下午我们感觉很懒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
- 飞机靠惯性着陆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Inertia carried the car to the pavement.
- 惯性使汽车驶到了人行道上.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Part of it, she knew, was the inertia of protracted custom.
- 她知道部分的原因是长期习惯养成的惰性.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦