单词	inactive
释义	inactivein‧ac‧tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Children whose parents are inactive are less likely to be active themselves. Haley was inactive for Saturday's game because of a knee injury. She dreads becoming old and inactive. The fault, which scientists had believed was inactive, caused a 6.5 earthquake. The virus can be inactive in the body for more than ten years. Very shy people often become socially inactive. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fullback Derrick Fenner has spent time on the inactive list. Men who are currently sexually inactive do not feel masculine during sport. Moreover by the 1750s the provincial parlements, hitherto relatively inactive, were increasingly following the lead of that of Paris. Serum was incubated with ID1, which bound active and inactive caeruloplasmin. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot doing anything► idle not doing anything, especially work, because there is nothing to do: · Almost half the skilled workers in this country are now idle.sit/stand idle: · Hundreds of workers sat idle on the factory floor waiting for the assembly line to start again. ► inactive not doing anything, for example, because you are old or ill: · She dreads becoming old and inactive.· Very shy people often become socially inactive. ► passive not making decisions or taking control of situations yourself but allowing other people to do it for you, especially in a situation where other people are trying to control or influence you: · Emma plays far too passive a role in group discussions.· You're too passive, Harry. You should just tell her you don't want to go. WORD SETS► Geology agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun Word family WORD FAMILYnounactaction ≠ inactionactivity ≠ inactivityreactioninteractionoveractingadjectiveactingactive ≠ inactiveverbact ≠ overactadverbactively 1not doing anything, not working, or not moving OPP  active:  The brain cells are inactive during sleep. Young people are becoming politically inactive.2not taking part in something that normally you would take part in:  Graham’s knee injury means he will be inactive for Sunday’s game.3technical an inactive substance does not react chemically with other substances
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