inactive

Word family noun act action ≠ inaction activity ≠ inactivity reaction interaction overacting inactivationadjective acting active ≠ inactive verb act ≠ overact inactivateadverb actively inactively

Related topics: Geology

in·ac·tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjectiveadj

1 NOT DO somethingnot doing anything, not working, or not moving 不活动的；不工作的；懒散的 OPP active

The brain cells are inactive during sleep.

在睡觉时脑细胞不活跃。

Young people are becoming politically inactive.

年轻人变得不热衷政治了。

2 not taking part in something that normally you would take part in 不参加的

Graham’s knee injury means he will be inactive for Sunday’s game.

格雷厄姆膝盖受伤，这意味着他不能参加周日的比赛了。

3. technical an inactive substance does not react chemically with other substances 不活跃的；非活性的；惰性的

Examples from the Corpus

inactive• She dreads becoming old and inactive.• Very shy people often become socially inactive.• Children whose parents are inactive are less likely to be active themselves.• Serum was incubated with ID1, which bound active and inactive caeruloplasmin.• The fault, which scientists had believed was inactive, caused a 6.5 earthquake.• Men who are currently sexually inactive do not feel masculine during sport.• Haley was inactive for Saturday's game because of a knee injury.• The virus can be inactive in the body for more than ten years.• Fullback Derrick Fenner has spent time on the inactive list.• Moreover by the 1750s the provincial parlements, hitherto relatively inactive, were increasingly following the lead of that of Paris.

From Longman Business Dictionary

inactivein·ac·tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjectiveadj

1FINANCE if investors or dealers in a financial market are inactive, they are buying and selling very little

Institutions continued to buy stocks selectively, while small investors remained inactive.

2FINANCE if a company’s shares are inactive, very few people are buying or selling them

The Pacific Stock Exchange announced a plan to list a category of inactive stocks.

3COMMERCE if a company is inactive, it still exists but does not do any business

a now inactive subsidiary of A.O. Smith Corp.

4BANKING if a loan is inactive, interest payments are not being made on it as agreed

The bank itself ran up losses of $15 billion, with extensive outstanding but inactive loans.

单词	inactive
释义	inactive Word family noun act action ≠ inaction activity ≠ inactivity reaction interaction overacting inactivationadjective acting active ≠ inactive verb act ≠ overact inactivateadverb actively inactively Related topics: Geology in·ac·tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjectiveadj 1 NOT DO somethingnot doing anything, not working, or not moving 不活动的；不工作的；懒散的 OPP active The brain cells are inactive during sleep. 在睡觉时脑细胞不活跃。 Young people are becoming politically inactive. 年轻人变得不热衷政治了。 2 not taking part in something that normally you would take part in 不参加的 Graham’s knee injury means he will be inactive for Sunday’s game. 格雷厄姆膝盖受伤，这意味着他不能参加周日的比赛了。 3. technical an inactive substance does not react chemically with other substances 不活跃的；非活性的；惰性的 Examples from the Corpus inactive• She dreads becoming old and inactive.• Very shy people often become socially inactive.• Children whose parents are inactive are less likely to be active themselves.• Serum was incubated with ID1, which bound active and inactive caeruloplasmin.• The fault, which scientists had believed was inactive, caused a 6.5 earthquake.• Men who are currently sexually inactive do not feel masculine during sport.• Haley was inactive for Saturday's game because of a knee injury.• The virus can be inactive in the body for more than ten years.• Fullback Derrick Fenner has spent time on the inactive list.• Moreover by the 1750s the provincial parlements, hitherto relatively inactive, were increasingly following the lead of that of Paris. From Longman Business Dictionary inactivein·ac·tive /ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjectiveadj 1FINANCE if investors or dealers in a financial market are inactive, they are buying and selling very little Institutions continued to buy stocks selectively, while small investors remained inactive. 2FINANCE if a company’s shares are inactive, very few people are buying or selling them The Pacific Stock Exchange announced a plan to list a category of inactive stocks. 3COMMERCE if a company is inactive, it still exists but does not do any business a now inactive subsidiary of A.O. Smith Corp. 4BANKING if a loan is inactive, interest payments are not being made on it as agreed The bank itself ran up losses of $15 billion, with extensive outstanding but inactive loans.
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