a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged
无为;无变化,惰性
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the bureaucratic inertia of the various tiers of government .各级政府的官僚主义惰性。
【物理】 惯性。参见<Bold>MOMENT OF INERTIA</Bold>.
[with modifier]resistance to change in some other physical property
惰性
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the thermal inertia of the oceans will delay the full rise in temperature for a few decades .海洋的热惰性会在几十年内延迟气温的全面上升。
"early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from