inactive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who does not take action.
    — Typically inactives are poorly educated older women. Their lack of education is overwhelmingly the key factor in assigning the inactives to a life devoid of political activity of any sort.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not active, temporarily or permanently.
    — The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.
  2. Not engaging in physical activity.
    — […] exercise in general will lead to dramatic improvements in comparison with an inactive lifestyle.
  3. Not functioning or operating; broken down
    — The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
  4. Retired from duty or service.
    — Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
  5. Relatively inert.
    — Aluminium is inactive towards water.
  6. Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
    — Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.

词形变化

more inactive comparative most inactive superlative inactives plural

词汇关系

近义词
dormant abeyant at rest cessant fallow inactive inert languid latent nonactive passive quiescent silent sedent sedentary slow suspended torpid unactive unbusy unemployed unoccupied
反义词
antonym(s) of active in action
下位词
asleep calm dead hibernating lazy obsolete stationary vegetative
衍生词
bioinactive inactivate inactivation inactive ingredient inactively inactiveness inactivity inactose photoinactive
相关词
delayed

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvus
Latin ināctīvuslbor.
French inactifder.
English inactive
From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvus
Latin ināctīvuslbor.
French inactifder.
English inactive
From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.
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