Inert
[ɪ'nɜːt] or [ɪ'nɝt]
解释:
(adj.) slow and apathetic; 'she was fat and inert'; 'a sluggish worker'; 'a mind grown torpid in old age' .
(adj.) unable to move or resist motion .
(adj.) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; 'inert matter'; 'an indifferent chemical in a reaction' .
邦妮整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
(a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
(a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
录入:沃尔特
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Inactive, lifeless, passive, motionless, dead.[2]. Dull, indolent, torpid, sluggish, slothful, lazy, idle, supine, lumpish, dronish.
录入:朱迪思
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Indolent, slothful, lazy, sluggish, heavy, inactive, passive, dormant
ANT:Active, energetic, alert, brisk
手打:利
解释:
adj. dull: senseless: inactive: slow: without the power of moving itself or of active resistance to motion: powerless.—n. Iner′tia inertness: the inherent property of matter by which it tends to remain for ever at rest when still and in motion when moving.—adv. Inert′ly.—n. Inert′ness.
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例句:
- For a moment they lay there, and then Tarzan realized that the inert mass lying upon him was beyond power ever again to injure man or ape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- For a platitude is generally inert wisdom. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- There it lay, inert matter, as it had always lain, since the beginning of time, subject to the will of man. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The earth as the home of man is humanizing and unified; the earth viewed as a miscellany of facts is scattering and imaginatively inert. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Birkin looked at the pale fingers, the inert mass. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- But all laws which depend for their enforcement upon informers and fines, become inert from the odiousness of the machinery. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- These coarse particles, or clinkers, absorb water very slowly, are practically inert, and have very feeble cementing properties. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- At length Gerald lay back inert on the carpet, his breast rising in great slow panting, whilst Birkin kneeled over him, almost unconscious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The Greek states remained inert thereafter, neither troublesome nor helpful. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A machine, an inert mass of metal and wood, cannot of itself do any work, but can only distribute the energy which is brought to it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- And Gerald sat mute, like a dumb beast, panting, his teeth chattering, his arms inert, his head like a seal's head. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Each one carries along a quantity of inert and outworn ideas,--not infrequently there is an internally contradictory current. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- In the Peace of Paris (1763) the French gave England Canada, and relinquished Louisiana to the inert hands of declining Spain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And yet he felt chiefly disgust at the inert body lying there. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- When learned in this condition it remains a body of inert information. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Later, as the sedative action began to gain on the stimulant action, you would slowly become inert and stupefied. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- But as the body of my antagonist sank an inert mass to the floor a cry of warning broke from one of the female prisoners. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It was so inert, so coldly dead, a carcase, Birkin's bowels seemed to turn to ice. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- That it should remain inert for the experiences of daily life is more or less a matter of course. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- But he did not move, for a long time he remained inert, his head dropped on his breaSt. Then he looked up and realised that he was going to bed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He took her up in his arMs. She was soft and inert, motionless. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She sank into a kind of furious apathy, a state of inert anger against fate. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- A multitude of men are feeble and inert, without a voice, a leader; give them that, and they regain the strength belonging to their numbers. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- To conquer it men turn generally to their ancient comforter, self-deception: they complain about the stolid, inert masses and the apathy of the people. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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