inertia

inertia
[ɪˈnəːʃə]
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
    ■[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
inertialess
adjective
语源
  1. early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from iners, inert- (see inert)
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