单词 | inactivity |
释义 | inactivity (once / 3036 pages) n When you're lying around being lazy, you're in a state of inactivity — you're not doing anything. Some animals, like cats, typically have hours of inactivity every day. Your inactivity might be a symptom of boredom or exhaustion, since it's characterized by slowness, sluggishness, and a general lack of energy and motion. Inactivity in the middle of the night is perfectly normal, but your daytime inactivity will make it difficult to get anything done. The noun inactivity adds the prefix in-, "not" or "opposite of" to activity, which comes from a Latin root, actus, "a doing, a driving, or an impulse." WORD FAMILYinactivity: inactivities+/act: actable, acted, acting, action, active, actor, actress, acts, actuate, counteract, enact, interact, overact, underact/actable: unactable/acting: actings, self-acting/action: actionable, actioned, actions, inaction/activate: activated, activates, activating, activation, activator, deactivate, reactivate/activating: self-activating/activation: activations/activator: activators/active: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive/activity: activities/actor: actors/actress: actresses/actuate: actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuator/actuator: actuators/counteract: counteracted, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counteracts/counteraction: counteractions/deactivate: deactivated, deactivates, deactivating, deactivation/enact: enacted, enacting, enactment, enacts, reenact/enactment: enactments/hyperactive: hyperactively, hyperactivity/inaction: inactions/inactivate: inactivated, inactivates, inactivating, inactivation/inactive: inactivate, inactively, inactiveness, inactivity/interact: interacted, interacting, interaction, interactive, interacts/interaction: interactional, interactions/interactive: interactively/overact: overacted, overacting, overacts/overacting: overactings/overactive: overactivity/reactivate: reactivated, reactivates, reactivating/reenact: reenacted, reenacting, reenactment, reenacts/reenactment: reenactments/underact: underacted, underacting, underacts USAGE EXAMPLESMoreover, the first line of treatment for prediabetes, and for diabetes itself, is lifestyle changes to reduce obesity and inactivity. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) In essence, inactivity altered the men’s physiology in ways that apparently prevented exercise from improving the metabolism of fat. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) It's led to a lot of frustration, a lot of skirmishes -- and, ultimately, a lot of inactivity. Los Angeles Times(Dec 03, 2016) 1n the state of being inactive Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper inaction, inactiveness action, activeness, activity the state of being active abeyance, suspension temporary cessation or suspension anergyinactivity and lack of energy arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppagethe state of inactivity following an interruption calcificationan inflexible and unchanging state deep freezetemporary inactivity or suspension desuetudea state of inactivity or disuse dormancy, quiescence, quiescencya state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction extinctionno longer active; extinguished holding patterna state of inaction with no progress and no change resta state of inaction doldrums, stagnancy, stagnationa state of inactivity (in business or art etc) stagnancy, stagnationinactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation stasisinactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces cold storagein a state of abeyance or postponement deferral, recessa state of abeyance or suspended business moratoriumsuspension of an ongoing activity stand-down, standdowna suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness hibernationcessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals aestivation, estivation(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period slumbera dormant or quiescent state counterchecka check that restrains another check logjamany stoppage attributable to unusual activity state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n being inactive; being less active Ant|Hypo|Hyper activity any specific behavior pause temporary inactivity wait, waitingthe act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) ease, relaxation, repose, restfreedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) idleness, idling, loafinghaving no employment delay, holdupthe act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time break, disruption, gap, interruptionan act of delaying or interrupting the continuity break, recess, respite, time outa pause from doing something (as work) falter, faltering, hesitation, waverthe act of pausing uncertainly intermissionthe act of suspending activity temporarily freeze, haltan interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement bed rest, bedrestconfinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) lazinessrelaxed and easy activity lie-ina long stay in bed in the morning dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleepingquiet and inactive restfulness leisurefreedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity dolce far nientecarefree idleness demurragedetention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure forbearancea delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting deferment, deferral, postponementact of putting off to a future time cunctation, procrastination, shillyshallythe act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time lag, retardation, slowdownthe act of slowing down or falling behind dalliance, dawdling, triflingthe deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working filibuster(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches lingering, tarriancethe act of tarrying act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen 3n a disposition to remain inactive or inert Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper inactiveness, inertia activeness, activity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy restfulnessthe attribute of being restful passiveness, passivitythe trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative indolence, lazinessinactivity resulting from a dislike of work apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessnessthe trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torporinactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy faineance, idlenessthe trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work shiftlessnessa failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
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