inertia
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英英釋義
考試真題
實用場景例句
近義詞quiescence inertness stasis immobility idleness stillness passivity stagnation inaction unemployment inactivity
反義詞
- n. [力] 慣性；惰性，遲鈍；不活動
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研低頻詞常用詞匯
助記提示
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".
中文詞源
inertia 惰性，慣性
來自inert,惰性的。后17世紀物理學家牛頓用來指物理學上的力的慣性。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
- 我好像無法擺脫這種無力的感覺。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.
- 下午我們感覺很懶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
- 飛機靠慣性著陸.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Inertia carried the car to the pavement.
- 慣性使汽車駛到了人行道上.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Part of it, she knew, was the inertia of protracted custom.
- 她知道部分的原因是長期習慣養成的惰性.
來自英漢文學 - 廊橋遺夢
