詞：inertia
英英釋義：when no one wants to do anything to change a situation
例句：He stayed where he was, not because he got unlucky, but out of inertia.
2. 為什么選這個(gè)詞姓赤？
“inertia”是不可數(shù)名詞彻亲，意思是“惰性、不作為”掂名。這個(gè)詞多用來(lái)指某個(gè)政府、機(jī)構(gòu)绪抛、部門莹捡，因此前面經(jīng)常用 bureaucratic 和 political 來(lái)做修飾。它一般可以和 inactivity (in + activity) 作同義替換哨苛。我們?cè)诳谡Z(yǔ)和寫作中都可以使用這個(gè)詞鸽凶，下面通過(guò)幾個(gè)例句來(lái)掌握它。
比如一個(gè)人過(guò)了幾年還是不上不下建峭，不是因?yàn)樗\(yùn)氣不好玻侥，而是因?yàn)樗靥げ剑涂梢哉f(shuō)：
He stayed where he was, not because he got unlucky, but out of inertia.
很多大公司開會(huì)時(shí)大家會(huì)提出各種各樣的想法亿蒸，但真正能落地的卻很有限凑兰，原因就是不作為，我們就可以說(shuō)：
Many projects in big companies are frequently abandoned through sheer inertia.
這里的 sheer 修飾 inertia边锁，意思是“純粹姑食、完全、十足”砚蓬，強(qiáng)調(diào)了不作為的程度矢门。可以將 through sheer inertia 作為一個(gè)固定搭配記下來(lái)灰蛙。
由于《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》會(huì)用相當(dāng)篇幅來(lái)討論政治和社會(huì)話題祟剔，所以我們時(shí)不時(shí)就會(huì)碰到 inertia 這個(gè)詞。 比如在一篇寫泰國(guó)政治的文章中有這么一句：
All this is intended to ensure that Mr Prayuth remains prime minister, despite his inertia and ineptitude.
在一篇報(bào)道美國(guó)阿片類藥物的濫用的文章中也出現(xiàn)了 inertia：
America is not Switzerland. Taxpayer-sponsored heroin therapy is unlikely any time soon. But even less controversial harm-reduction policies are being stymied by governmental inertia and a misunderstanding of the evidence.
注意這句中修飾 inertia 的詞是 governmental, 也可以用 bureaucratic 來(lái)替換摩梧。
另一篇將非洲國(guó)家用英語(yǔ)作為授課語(yǔ)言的文章中也出現(xiàn)了 inertia：
In sub-Saharan Africa, only Tanzania, Ethiopia and Eritrea do not use a colonial language at all during primary education. Others use either English or French. That is partly because of inertia.
最后一句我們還可以改為：That is partly because of inactivity.
3. 怎樣學(xué)會(huì)使用這個(gè)詞物延？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
這座城市的旅游資源沒(méi)有好好開發(fā)利用，主要原因是政府的不作為仅父。
（參考翻譯：The city's tourism resources are underused largely because of its governmental inertia. 或 The city's tourism resources are underused largely out of its governmental inertia. 或 Had it not been for the bureaucratic inertia, this city's tourism resources would be better exploited.）
2）結(jié)合自己的生活叛薯、學(xué)習(xí)浑吟、工作、興趣等耗溜，想象在什么語(yǔ)境下會(huì)用到這個(gè)表達(dá)组力。先簡(jiǎn)要描述這個(gè)場(chǎng)景，再造句抖拴。
例子：
場(chǎng)景 ：Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?
