inaction

英 [ɪnˈækʃn]

美 [ɪnˈækʃn]

n.  无行动; 不采取措施

复数：inactions　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18917 / COCA.14391

牛津词典

noun

• 无行动；不采取措施
  lack of action; the state of doing nothing about a situation or a problem

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无为;无作为
  If you refer to someone'sinaction, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing.
  1. He is bitter about the inaction of the other political parties.
     对其他政党的无作为他多有挖苦。

英英释义

noun

• the state of being inactive
  Synonym:inactivityinactiveness

双语例句

• Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later.
  不采取行动不仅折磨我们的良心，还会导致未来以更高的代价进行干预。
• On this issue, the consequences of inaction could be catastrophic.
  在这个问题上，不采取行动将会带来灾难性的后果。
• Now I know that reading is dreaming, that dreaming is sleeping and thought inaction.
  现在我知道了，读书就是在做梦，做梦就是在睡觉和思想停止。
• But that cant be an excuse for inaction.
  但这不能是不作为的理由。
• We do not accept this as an excuse for government inaction.
  以此作为政府不采取行动的借口，我们不能接受。
• To recognize this fact, however, is not to counsel inaction, indecision, or despair.
  然而，承认这一事实并不是要人无所作为，犹豫不决，或者陷入绝望；
• That is not reason for inaction.
  但这并不构成不采取行动的理由。
• Inaction is, perhaps, inevitable for politicians faced with a difficult trade-off between political expediency and fiscal reality.
  对于在政治权宜之计和财政现实之间进行艰难取舍的政客们来说，不作为或许是不可避免的。
• We cannot let the age of austerity be the age of inaction the climate will not wait.
  我们不能让一个紧缩的时代变成一个无所作为的时代，气候问题时不我待。
• The shame which he suffered as a result of his inaction recalled him to a sense of duty.
  由于懒散而使蒙受的耻辱迫使他恢复了责任感。