lacking the ability or strength to move 动不了的,无活动力的 she lay inert in her bed. 她躺在床上,动弹不得。 ■lacking vigour 缺乏活力的,无生气的 an inert political system. 缺乏活力的政治体系。 ■chemically inactive (化学)惰性的,不活泼的
派生 inertly adverb inertness noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin iners, inert- 'unskilled, inactive', from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- 'skill, art'