physicsa property of matter that makes an object stay in the same position or continue to move in a straight line until its state is changed by an external force 惯性
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INERTIA | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤sheer十足的惰性▸➤bureaucratic, political官僚政治的死氣沉沉;政治上的惰性VERB + INERTIA➤overcome克服惰性◇The forces for change are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia.變革的力量不足以克服官僚主義惰性。PREPOSITION➤out of inertia出於惰性◇He stayed where he was, not because he really wanted to, but out of inertia.他待在原地,不是因為真想待在那裏,而是因為懶得動。➤through inertia由於惰性◇Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer inertia.項目常常純粹因為惰性而被放棄。PHRASES➤a state of inertia懶散狀態