inertia

英 [ɪ'nɜːʃə]美 [ɪ'nɝʃə]
  • n. [力] 惯性；惰性，迟钝；不活动
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助记提示

1. in- "not, without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill, art" => ert- "skill" + -ia.
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".

中文词源

inertia 惰性，惯性

来自inert,惰性的。后17世纪物理学家牛顿用来指物理学上的力的惯性。

英文词源

inertia (n.)
1713, introduced as a term in physics 17c. by German astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from Latin inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (genitive inertis) "unskilled, inactive;" see inert. Used in Modern Latin by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.

双语例句

1. I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
我好像无法摆脱这种无力的感觉。
来自《权威词典》
2. We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.
下午我们感觉很懒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
飞机靠惯性着陆.
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4. Inertia carried the car to the pavement.
惯性使汽车驶到了人行道上.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. Part of it, she knew, was the inertia of protracted custom.
她知道部分的原因是长期习惯养成的惰性.
来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦