Inertia
[ɪ'nɜːʃə] or [ɪ'nɝʃə]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
邦妮整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move.
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例句/造句/用法:
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- But it may be questioned whether inertia is not equally to be dreaded with active ill-will. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Moreover, the methods used for effective teaching of the languages were well developed; the inertia of academic custom was on their side. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But once this inertia has been overcome and movement is under way they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He was suspended motionless, in an agony of inertia, like a machine that is without power. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Nothing could be more illustrative of this fatigue inertia than the expressed ideas of military men at this time. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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