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Inactivity is the state of not doing anything, not moving, or not working. A body can sit in inactivity. A factory can fall into inactivity. A phone can show inactivity if nobody has used it.
Inactivity它 is the state of not doing anything, not moving, or not working是指什麼都沒做、沒有在動、或沒有在運作的狀態 A body身體 can sit in inactivity可以處在inactivity的狀態 A factory工廠 can fall into inactivity也可能陷入inactivity if nobody has used it如果沒有人用 A phone手機 can show inactivity也會顯示inactivity
Doctors talk about physical inactivity — sitting too long, hardly moving. News may talk about economic inactivity, meaning people are not in paid work.
Doctors talk about醫生會談 physical inactivityphysical inactivity（缺乏活動） sitting too long, hardly moving坐太久、幾乎不動 News新聞 may talk about economic inactivity則可能講economic inactivity meaning people are not in paid work意思是人沒有在做有薪水的工作
It names a stretch of time when nothing is going on. Slightly formal; everyday talk may just say “not doing much” or “it’s been quiet”.
It它 names a stretch of time when nothing is going on指的是一段什麼事都沒發生的時間 Slightly formal有點正式 everyday talk平常講話 may just say可能就直接說 “not doing much”「沒做什麼」 or “it’s been quiet”或「最近很安靜」
Though actually it is quieter than inaction. Inaction often means “they did not step in”. Inactivity can just mean “nothing is moving”, with less blame.
Though actually不過其實 it它 is quieter than inaction比inaction的語氣更輕一點 Inactioninaction often means常常是指 “they did not step in”「他們沒有出手介入」 Inactivityinactivity can just mean則可能只是 “nothing is moving”「沒有動靜」 with less blame責怪的意味比較少
組成in- (not) + activity. The in- is the old “not”; activity came into English from French activité, from Latin. Latin also had ināctīvus.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
inactivitynoun/ˌɪn.ækˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/
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The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
- Painters depicted Idle Hours (see fig. 99), reverie, solitude, and other themes that reflected Americans' new willingness to eschew productivity, and they sold their canvases to patrons who enjoyed both the inactivities portrayed and seeing themselves portrayed in inactivities.
- Shepard: How do the Reapers survive out in dark space? Vigil: We have only theories. The researchers here came to believe the Reapers enter prolonged states of inactivity to conserve energy. Vigil: This allows them to survive the thousands and thousands of years it takes for organic civilization to rebuild itself. But in this state, they are vulnerable.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。