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inert

/in-urt, ih-nurt/US // ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrt //UK // (ɪnˈɜːt) //

惰性,惰性的,惰性气体,懒惰

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance: inert matter.
    • : Chemistry. having little or no ability to react, as nitrogen that occurs uncombined in the atmosphere.
    • : Pharmacology. having no pharmacological action, as the excipient of a pill.
    • : inactive or sluggish by habit or nature.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not moving; lifeless
Synonyms
dormant休眠状态,休眠,休眠期,休眠的immobile不动的,不动,不移动,不流动impotent无能为力,无能,无能的人,无能的inactive不活跃,不活跃的,不活动的,不活跃的人listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩motionless不动声色,一动不动,无动于衷,一动不动的paralyzed瘫痪,瘫痪的,瘫痪了,瘫痪状态passive被动的,被动,被动式,被动型powerless无能为力,无力,无权,无权无势apathetic麻木不仁,漠不关心,冷漠的,冷漠asleep睡觉,睡眠,睡着了,睡觉的时候dead死亡,死,死人,死的down下来,下,下来的,下降dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的impassive默不作声,默默无语,默不作声地,默默无动于衷inanimate无生命的,无生命,无生命体,没有生命的indolent懒洋洋的,懒散,懒散的人,懒洋洋languid慵懒的,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味languorous慵懒的,慵懒,慵懒的人,慵慵懒懒lazy懒惰,懒散的,懒惰的,懒散leaden铅化,铅质,铅化的,导致numb哑巴,哑铃,哑谜,哑弹phlegmatic慢性子的人,慢性子,慢性子的,慢热型quiescent静止的,静止状态,静止,静止期quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的sleepy昏昏欲睡,困了,昏昏欲睡的,瞌睡slothful懒惰,懒散,懒惰的人,懒惰的sluggard迟钝的人,迟钝者,迟缓的人,迟钝sluggish迟缓的,缓缓的,迟缓,迟钝的slumberous沉睡的,沉睡的人,沉睡,沉睡中的人static静电,静电的still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧stolid坚固的,扎实,坚挺,坚固torpid扭曲,扭曲的,扭曲变形的,扭曲变形unmoving不动声色,不动的,不动摇的,不动声色的unreactive不活跃,不反应,没有反应,不积极unresponsive毫无反应,毫无反应的,没有反应的,无反应

Examples

  • Sometimes it’s more expensive, sometimes it’s not — but if it is, it may be worth the extra investment in your health so that you can avoid ingesting trace amounts of pesticides and the inert ingredients in pesticides, which include some phthalates.

  • For a bomb to be useful, it needs to remain inert until deliberately armed, it needs to cause an explosion of a useful size, and it ideally uses the minimum amount of material to make all that work.

  • Even ExxonMobil, which has been more inert on that score, announced this week that it will launch a $3 billion carbon-capture-and-sequestration affiliate that will be called ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions.

  • For a long time, Pluto was believed to be an airless, inert world.

  • The investigators chose not to use an inert saline solution for the control group because both vaccines can cause side effects such as achiness, fever and fatigue.

  • Surrounded by inert goods, we felt hemmed in, pushed toward a lifestyle cul-de-sac.

  • Instead of upending the genre as Joe Millionaire did, the inert Harry mostly shows how much things have changed since then.

  • Is the market an inert force to be manipulated and exploited, to deprive it of hard-earned cash?

  • (The choppy, inert 2000 TV movie with Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino and Paul Rudd barely registered a blip).

  • By doing so, we make the tax code more progressive, and mobilize capital that is otherwise inert.

  • Inside the Continental Exhibition Corporation one man was slumped over a desk, an automatic half-gripped in his inert hand.

  • Inert forms were being carried out of houses where chimneys or skylights had gone through the roof.

  • So inert, despondent, and lethargic a moment before, he now seemed full to overflowing of life and animation.

  • The next moment it wilted, rolled downward with outstretched arms, and collapsed upon the gravel, an inert mass.

  • Mrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, has become inert and querulous from rheumatism and the burden of added years.