"inertia" in Chinese (Traditional)

慣性

Definition

慣性是指物體保持靜止或以同樣方式運動的傾向，除非有外力使其改變。也用來形容人缺乏動力去改變或行動。

慣性常用於物理學，也可指人或團體思想和行動的被動或保守。常見於正式、科學及商業環境，形容人時帶有負面色彩。

Because of inertia, the ball kept rolling until it hit the wall.

由於**慣性**，球一直滾到撞上牆為止。

She fought against her own inertia to finish her homework.

她努力克服自己的**慣性**，完成了作業。

Inertia kept the old system in place for many years.

**慣性**讓舊系統維持了很多年。

I wanted to start exercising, but inertia got the best of me this weekend.

我本來想開始運動，但這個週末還是被**慣性**打敗了。

There's a lot of inertia in big organizations—they're slow to adapt.

大型機構有很強的**慣性**，適應變化很慢。

Sometimes, all it takes to break inertia is one small step.

有時候，只需要一個小小的行動就能打破**慣性**。