| 单词 | inactive |
| 释义 | inactive (once / 1238 pages) 1adj 2adj When things or people are inactive, they're doing little or nothing. A rock, a couch potato, or a gym membership you haven’t used yet is inactive. Active has been used since the 14th century to mean "given to worldly activity." If you’re active, you’re out in the world! Therefore inactive people aren’t doing much. Maybe they’re just taking a break — if a player is inactive for a basketball game, she's sitting on the bench. In physics, an inactive object is motionless. If a club is inactive, it hasn't met for awhile. When things are inactive, there's not much going on. WORD FAMILYinactive: inactivate, inactively, inactiveness, inactivity+/act: actable, acted, acting, action, active, actor, actress, acts, actuate, counteract, enact, interact, overact, underact/actable: unactable/acting: actings, self-acting/action: actionable, actioned, actions, inaction/activate: activated, activates, activating, activation, activator, deactivate, reactivate/activating: self-activating/activation: activations/activator: activators/active: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive/activity: activities/actor: actors/actress: actresses/actuate: actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuator/actuator: actuators/counteract: counteracted, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counteracts/counteraction: counteractions/deactivate: deactivated, deactivates, deactivating, deactivation/enact: enacted, enacting, enactment, enacts, reenact/enactment: enactments/hyperactive: hyperactively, hyperactivity/inaction: inactions/inactivate: inactivated, inactivates, inactivating, inactivation/inactivity: inactivities/interact: interacted, interacting, interaction, interactive, interacts/interaction: interactional, interactions/interactive: interactively/overact: overacted, overacting, overacts/overacting: overactings/overactive: overactivity/reactivate: reactivated, reactivates, reactivating/reenact: reenacted, reenacting, reenactment, reenacts/reenactment: reenactments/underact: underacted, underacting, underacts USAGE EXAMPLESMarshall was inactive Sunday against Buffalo with a hip injury but played through a sprained knee ligament and sprained foot for most of the season. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Bengals: Running back Jeremy Hill was inactive with a knee injury after being listed as questionable. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) For the Jets, wide receiver Brandon Marshall is inactive after being questionable with hip and shoulder ailments. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj not active physically or mentally illness forced him to live an inactive life dreamy and inactive by nature Syn|Ant desk-bound, deskbound restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity abeyant, dormantinactive but capable of becoming active hypoactive, underactiveabnormally inactive inert, sluggish, soggy, torpidslow and apathetic sedentaryrequiring sitting or little activity lethargic, unenrgeticdeficient in alertness or activity active characterized by energetic activity about, astiron the move acrobatic, athletic, gymnasticvigorously active agile, nimble, quick, sprymoving quickly and lightly hotmarked by excited activity hyperactive, overactivemore active than normal on the go(of a person) very busy and active sportyappropriate for sport or engagement in a sport livelyfull of life and energy energeticpossessing or exerting or displaying energy 2adj lacking activity; lying idle or unused an inactive mine inactive accounts inactive machinery Syn|Ant dark not giving performances; closed deaddevoid of activity dull, slow, sluggish(of business) not active or brisk idle, unusednot in active use strikeboundclosed or immobilized by a strike active full of activity or engaged in continuous activity briskvery active bustlingfull of energetic and noisy activity busycrowded with or characterized by much activity goingin full operation openready for business springy(of movements) light and confidently active 3adj not engaged in full-time work inactive reserve an inactive member Syn|Ant off not performing or scheduled for duties retiredno longer active in your work or profession active engaged in full-time work activated(military) set up and placed on active assignment 4adj not in physical motion Syn motionless, static, still nonmoving, unmoving not in motion 5adj lacking in energy or will Syn|Ant passive hands-off not involving participation or intervention resistless, supine, unresistingoffering no resistance active disposed to take action or effectuate change activist, activisticadvocating or engaged in activism hands-oninvolving active participation proactive(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens 6adj (military) not involved in military operations 2Syn|Ant nonoperational operational (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations active, combat-ready, fightingengaged in or ready for military or naval operations effectiveready for service 1adj not exerting influence or change Syn|Ant quiescent not active or activated active exerting influence or producing a change or effect activatedrendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive counteractiveopposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action surface-activecapable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents 2adj (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert desired amounts of inactive chlorine Syn unreactive (chemistry) not reacting chemically 3adj (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly Syn|Ant dead-end lacking opportunities for development or advancement flatcommercially inactive indolent(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless latent(pathology) not presently active quiescent(pathology) causing no symptoms active tending to become more severe or wider in scope progressiveadvancing in severity 4adj (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct Syn|Ant dormant quiescent being quiet or still or inactive active (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt eruptiveactively spewing out lava |
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