inert: [17] The -ert of inert is the same word as art. The word comes from Latin iners, which originally meant ‘unskilled’, but soon developed semantically to ‘inactive’. It was formed with the negative prefix in- from ars ‘skill’, source of English art. The derivative inertia [18] is a Latin formation. In classical times it meant simply ‘lack of skill, idleness’; it was Johannes Kepler who first used it as a technical term in physics in the 17th century. => art, inertia
inert (adj.)
1640s, from French inerte (16c.) or directly from Latin inertem (nominative iners) "unskilled, inactive, helpless, sluggish, worthless," from in- "without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill" (see art (n.)). Originally of matter; specifically of gases from 1885. Of persons or creatures, from 1774.
实用例句
1. The novel itself remains oddly inert.
小说本身异常平淡，了无生气。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He lay inert with half-closed eyes.
他半睁着双眼一动不动地躺着。
来自《权威词典》
3. I carried her, still inert, up the stairs to my room.
她仍然一动也不动, 我把她抱到楼上我的房间去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He lay completely inert on the floor.
他一动不动地躺在地板上.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Inert gas studies are providing valuable information about other planets, too.
