in·ert
adjective/ɪˈnɜːt/
/ɪˈnɜːrt/
- (formal) without power to move or act
无活动能力的；无行动力的 - He lay inert with half-closed eyes.
他半睁着双眼一动不动地躺着。 - The president has to operate within an inert political system.
总统必须在惰性的政治体系内运作。
Extra Examples- I felt sleepy and inert.
我感到困倦和无力。 - They dragged the inert body out of the river.
他们把那个一动不动的尸体从河里拽了上来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- become
- …
- completely
- relatively
- biologically
- …
- He lay inert with half-closed eyes.
- (chemistry) without active chemical or other properties (= characteristics)
惰性的；不活泼的 - chemically inert radioactive waste
具有化学惰性的放射性废物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- become
- …
- completely
- relatively
- biologically
- …
- chemically inert radioactive waste
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.