inanimate

英 [ɪnˈænɪmət]

美 [ɪnˈænɪmət]

adj.  无生命的; 死的; 像已死的

复数：inanimates　

TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.14461 / COCA.16370

牛津词典

adj.

• 无生命的
  not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are
  1. A rock is an inanimate object.
     岩石是无生命的物体。
• 死的；像已死的
  dead or appearing to be dead
  1. A man was lying inanimate on the floor.
     一个男子躺在地板上，看样子像是死了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 无生命的
  Aninanimateobject is one that has no life.
  1. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.
     他认为婴儿几乎就是毫无生命的物体。

英英释义

adj

• appearing dead
  1. an inanimate body
  2. pulseless and dead
  Synonym:breathlesspulseless
• not endowed with life
  1. the inorganic world is inanimate
  2. inanimate objects
  Synonym:nonlivingnon-living
• belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
  1. the word `car' is inanimate

双语例句

• Real Programmers only curse at inanimate objects.
  真正的程序员只诅咒死气沉沉的东西。
• It is always comic in a slapstick sort of way when people lose it with inanimate objects.
  一个人对毫无生命的物体失去理智，这种场景总是像闹剧一样滑稽。
• Pigment is a substance that, like a dye, gives color to living and inanimate objects.
  色素是一种物质，就像梁料，给予生物和非生物颜色。
• The being with consciousness must have a different role in quantum mechanics than the inanimate measuring device.
  在量子力学中有意识的人必定比无生命的测量装置有不同的作用。
• Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.
  没有生存能力的；无生命的或不活泼的。
• The world contains things which are animate, such as animals, and things which are inanimate, such as rocks.
  世界包含着动物等有生命的东西和岩石等无生命的东西。
• You lose arguments with inanimate objects.
  你输掉了同无生命的东西的辩论。
• They had a inanimate conversation.
  他们进行了一场枯燥的谈话。
• The inorganic world is inanimate; inanimate objects; dead stones.
  无机物的世界是没有生命的；没有生命的东西；没有生命的石头。
• We are taught that it is actually a crime to vandalize buildings, cars, and other inanimate objects.
  我们被教导破坏建筑、汽车等其它没有生命的物体是犯罪。