| 正面 | 13378.inertia 英 [ɪ'nɜːʃə]美 [ɪ'nɝʃə] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. in- "not, without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill, art" => ert- "skill" + -ia.2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".n. [力] 惯性;惰性,迟钝;不活动 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。 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。 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." |
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