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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. 总统必须在一个惰性的政治体系中运作。
Extra ExamplesI felt sleepy and inert. 我感到困倦和惰性。 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
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chemistry 化学 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
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.