| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-active-or-working |
| 释义 | not active or workingThese words describe people or things that are not active or working right now. One common word for this, and a word with a very broad meaning, is inactive. If someone is inactive, it means that they are not doing a thing they have habitually done in the past, or they are not moving or exercising in a way that is expected of them. If something is inactive, it means it is not currently active, or it is not an active part of the thing that is named. If you haven’t voted in the last two elections, we consider you inactive and remove you from the electoral roll. The diabetes risk for inactive patients is higher than for active patients. There is only one active ingredient in the lotion; the rest of the ingredients are inactive fillers. Scientists studied inactive volcanoes because it was safer. The opposite of inactive is active. Active is used of both people and things, and it is used to describe people or things that are working or doing the things they should. She likes to stay active. The active ingredient in the cream is retinol. If something is dormant, it is not active, growing, or working right now, but it has the ability to at a later time. Dormant is often used in scientific or technical writing. The plants will stay dormant throughout the winter. The volcano is dormant and has been for centuries. We will not reactivate dormant bank accounts without a written, notarised request from the account holder. In more technical language, latent is used to describe something that is present and inactive, but that can become active in particular conditions. Latent is often used to describe medical or social conditions. Many people in the region have latent tuberculosis. The latent racism of the housing system must be addressed with legislative reform. Quiescent is a formal word that describes things that are temporarily quiet and not active. It can be used in technical and scientific contexts as well. The extremist group was politically quiescent but very socially active. The cells were quiescent but could be transitioned to an active state chemically. Moribund is also a formal word. It describes an organization or business that is not active or successful though it was once, and it is a disapproving word. The family business is now moribund. Each partner state of the now moribund confederation became its own nation. When a person or thing is idle, they are not active or working. Idle is often used after a verb, and especially with verbs like sit, lie, and stand. While your computer is idle, the screen may dim - this is normal. The factory stood idle during the work stoppage. A real go-getter, he wasn’t known for sitting idle. A period of time during which there is no activity, especially between active periods, can be called fallow. Fallow has a more common, specialized meaning that has to do with agriculture, but when used generally, it is not as common as idle. Their manager was nervous, because the band had never gone through such a long fallow period before. In the fallow stretch between films, the actor shifted to writing books. For words related to places being inactive, see the article at quiet. |
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