| 单词 | inertia |
| 释义 | inertia (once / 3425 pages) n Inertia is resistance to change. You hate looking at people's feet and yet you stay in your job as a shoe salesman year after year. Why? Inertia. Inertia is a physics term. Isaac Newtown discovered that a body at rest would stay at rest and a body moving through space would continue moving through space unless an external force (like friction or gravity) caused it to slow down or stop. Sometimes we need an external force to help us get going or to change direction, too, like a friend to tell us to get off the couch or to quit that job at the shoe store. WORD FAMILYinertia: inertias USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s languished amid industry criticisms, interventions from Congress and the bureaucratic inertia of the federal regulatory process. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Uncritical reverence for the Constitution as written and simple inertia are constant, and powerful, forces on both sides of the aisle. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) A New York real estate heir charged with murdering a friend in Los Angeles told a prosecutor he never fled because of inertia. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1n (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force Hypo|Hyper moment of inertia the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration mechanical phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects 2n a disposition to remain inactive or inert he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper inactiveness, inactivity activeness, activity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy restfulnessthe attribute of being restful passiveness, passivitythe trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative indolence, lazinessinactivity resulting from a dislike of work apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessthe trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torporinactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy faineance, idlenessthe trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work shiftlessnessa failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
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