inertia
n.惯性,惯量;无力
释义2:
inertia
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◙ noun, [mass noun] 1. a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged• 无为;无变化,惰性 »the bureaucratic inertia of the various tiers of government. 各级政府的官僚主义惰性。2. [Physics] a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force• [物理] 惯性。--› see
moment of inertia [with modifier] resistance to change in some other physical property• 惰性 »the thermal inertia of the oceans will delay the full rise in temperature for a few decades. 海洋的热惰性会在几十年内延迟气温的全面上升。【派生】
♦ inertialess adjective【语源】
1. early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from iners, inert- (see inert )
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