Inertia

(noun.) (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.

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• There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• But it may be questioned whether inertia is not equally to be dreaded with active ill-will. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Moreover, the methods used for effective teaching of the languages were well developed; the inertia of academic custom was on their side. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But once this inertia has been overcome and movement is under way they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He was suspended motionless, in an agony of inertia, like a machine that is without power. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Nothing could be more illustrative of this fatigue inertia than the expressed ideas of military men at this time. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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