inertia

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  • n. [力] 慣性；惰性，遲鈍；不活動(dòng)
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助記提示

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

中文詞源

inertia 惰性，慣性

來自inert,惰性的。后17世紀(jì)物理學(xué)家牛頓用來指物理學(xué)上的力的慣性。

英文詞源

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.

雙語例句

1. I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
我好像無法擺脫這種無力的感覺。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.
下午我們感覺很懶.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
飛機(jī)靠慣性著陸.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Inertia carried the car to the pavement.
慣性使汽車駛到了人行道上.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Part of it, she knew, was the inertia of protracted custom.
她知道部分的原因是長期習(xí)慣養(yǎng)成的惰性.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 廊橋遺夢