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Inertia N Tendency Change Latin I'nə:ʃjə N.惰性;懒惰 英

单词 inertia
音标 [i'nə:ʃjə]
解释 n.惰性;懒惰
红宝书 【英】 n. 惰性(the tendency of matter to remain at rest if at rest);懒惰(disinclination to move or act)
【考】 反义词:tendenty to change motion(改变运动趋势 ); activity(活性)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 n. 惰性(拒绝或不情愿运动或变化); 惯性(物体抗拒加速的倾向: 在没有外力作用的情况下, 静止的物体保持静止状态的倾向, 或运动着的物体保持匀速直线运动的倾向)
【类】persistence: vacillate = inertia: react 坚持不犹豫 = 惰性不反应
【反】the tendency to change motion(改变运动趋势); activity(n 活跃; 活性); reactant(n 反应物)
趣味全助记 【记】inner 万物的内在属性

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