| 单词 | inactive |
| 释义 | in·active a. (1) < forced by illness to lead an inactive life > (2) < dreamy and inactive by nature > < a very inactive police chief > < the rentier class, an inactive class in the economy — L.R.Klein > b. (1) < an inactive mine > < an inactive machine > (2) < inactive list > < inactive reserve > < inactive status > (3) < active, inactive and obsolete sterling patterns — Christian Science Monitor > < inactive stocks > (4) of a disease c. (1) < inactive charcoal > (2) < inactive fructose > < inactive camphor > — compare mes- 4b, racemic Synonyms: < inactive machines > < an inactive child > < an inactive charge account > idle applies chiefly to persons without occupation at the moment but usually without occupation as a general or habitual thing, or to their powers, organs, or implements < give work to an idle laborer > < an idle lathe > < an idle mind > < an idle pen > inert implies lack of power in a thing to set it in motion or by itself to produce a given effect, or suggests in a person a general indisposition to activity < aimless accumulation of precise knowledge, inert and unutilized — A.N.Whitehead > < this amorphous spreading of responsibility will result in a sort of inert, ponderous bureaucracy — Stanley Walker > < would lie for hours on a chaise longue, so inert that the folds of chiffon which dripped from her body to the floor hung as steady as if they were stone — Rebecca West > < the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people — L.D.Brandeis > passive implies immobility or a lack of positive reaction when acted upon by an external force or agent, often implying a submissiveness consisting of failure to be provoked to resistance or of a planned avoidance of any action that will give aid to the dominating force or agent < some of those hours were spent in intensive cerebration, some in passive listening to lectures — H.M.Wriston > < passive obedience to authority > < passive resistance to oppression > supine implies abject inertia or passivity, often from indolence < he is supine; he accepts his mother's truculence on his behalf with an indolence of temper which distinguishes him in this, as in all matters — Edward Hyams > < political and religious dissension … had split a weary and supine people into a dozen factions — P.J.Searles > |
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