inertia
/ɪˈnɜːʃjə/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。参见MOMENT OF INERTIA.
2.1
- 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。
派生词
inertialess
adjective词源
early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from iners, inert- （see INERT）.