- 1不作為、沒有採取行動（新聞、法律愛用「不作為」，帶一點「該做卻沒做」）
Inaction is the fact that someone is not doing anything. They do not act, even while a problem sits there. News writers use it about a government, a school, or a boss who stays still. It often carries a quiet blame: people feel that person should have moved. It is a noun, a little formal, more at home in news and meetings than in playground talk. Though actually it is not the same as rest or sleep. Rest can be good. Inaction is the empty space where an action could have been. You will hear “inaction on” a problem — the on names the thing they did not touch. Everyday talk may just say “they did nothing”.
From the word’s history
From French inaction; in- + action.
借自法文 inaction；即 in-（無）加 action（行動）。
組成From French inaction. Morphologically in- (not) + action.
同家族的字
- actionthe positive noun; in- turns it into “no action”
- inactivesame in- + act pieces, but inactive describes a person or thing that is not moving or not working
- inactivitya close cousin: the state of not moving or not working, often with less blame than inaction
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inactionnoun/ɪnˈækʃən/
- 1
Lack of action or activity or labor
- The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
- Hmm, yes, 'negotiations' is an interesting choice of words given that ministers have steadfastly refused to meet the unions for the past year; a clear case of industrial inaction.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。