inertia
US /ˌɪnˈɝː.ʃə/
UK /ˌɪnˈɝː.ʃə/
名詞
1.
惰性, 不活動
a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged
範例:
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The company's inertia prevented it from adapting to new market trends.
公司的惰性使其無法適應新的市場趨勢。
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Overcoming the initial inertia is often the hardest part of starting a new project.
克服最初的惰性通常是啟動新專案最困難的部分。
2.
慣性
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
範例:
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Newton's first law of motion describes the principle of inertia.
牛頓第一運動定律描述了慣性原理。
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Due to inertia, a moving object tends to stay in motion.
由於慣性，運動的物體傾向於保持運動狀態。
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