1713, introduced as a term in physics 17c. by German astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from Latin inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (genitive inertis) "unskilled, inactive;" see inert. Used in Modern Latin by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.
例文
1. I can 't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia .
私はこの無力感から抜け出すことができないようです。
2.We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.
午後は怠惰な感じがします。
3. Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.
飛行機は慣性着陸によって着陸した。
4. Inertia carried the car to the pavement.
慣性により、自動車は歩道を走行した。
5.Part of it,she knew,was the inertia of protacted custom.