Inertia
[ɪ'nɜːʃə] or [ɪ'nɝʃə]
解释:
(noun.) (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
整理:莱昂内尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.
(n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
(n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move.
唐纳德录入
例句:
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- But it may be questioned whether inertia is not equally to be dreaded with active ill-will. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Moreover, the methods used for effective teaching of the languages were well developed; the inertia of academic custom was on their side. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- But once this inertia has been overcome and movement is under way they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He was suspended motionless, in an agony of inertia, like a machine that is without power. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Nothing could be more illustrative of this fatigue inertia than the expressed ideas of military men at this time. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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