| 单词 | inactive |
| 释义 | inactive —inactively, adv. —inactivity, inactiveness, n. /in ak"tiv/, adj. 1. not active: an inactive volcano. 2. sedentary or passive: an inactive life. 3. sluggish; indolent. 4. Mil. not on active duty. 5. Chem. a. inert; unreactive. b. noting a compound that has no effect on polarized light. [1715-25; IN-3 + ACTIVE] Syn. 1. unmoving, immobile, inoperative. 1, 2. INACTIVE, DORMANT, INERT, SLUGGISH, TORPID suggest lack of activity. INACTIVE indicates absence of action, indisposition to activity, or cessation of activity: an inactive compound, life, file of papers. DORMANT suggests the quiescence or inactivity of that which sleeps but may be roused to action: a dormant volcano. INERT suggests the condition of dead matter, with no inherent power of motion or action; it may also mean unable to move, or heavy and hard to move: an inert mass; inert from hunger. SLUGGISH expresses slowness of natural activity or of that which does not move readily or vigorously: a sluggish stream, brain. TORPID suggests a state of suspended physical powers, a condition particularly of animals that hibernate: Snakes are torpid in cold weather. 3. lazy, idle, slothful. Ant. 1-3. lively. |
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