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单词 inaction
释义
inaction
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ɪnˈæk.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈæk.ʃən/
failureto do anything that mightprovideasolutionto aproblem:
无行动，不作为
The West's inaction has put millions ofpeopleatriskofstarvation.西方世界不采取行动，导致数以百万计的人面临饥饿的威胁。
Thisannouncementfollowsmonthsof inaction anddelay.这个声明是在数月的不作为和延迟后发表的。
Opposites
action
activity
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the fact of not doing something you should
  • failureFailure to follow the employee guidelines can lead to your immediate termination.
  • defaultThe bank seized his house because his mortgage was in default.
  • malpracticeThe surgeon was sued for malpractice.
  • derelictionHe was dishonourably discharged for dereliction of duty.
  • neglectCorruption and neglect resulted in a government that was weakened enough to be overthrown.
  • negligenceEducational standards deteriorated thanks to the negligence of the administration.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Passive and not working
  • anywhere
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • bum around
  • dormancy
  • idle
  • leavesomeonebeidiom
  • lie around
  • moribund
  • navel
  • non-physical
  • non-practising
  • recharge
  • siesta
  • sit onyourhandsidiom
  • sit round
  • slob
  • slob around (something)
  • slop around (something)
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(Definition ofinactionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inaction| American Dictionary

inaction
noun[U]
us
/ɪnˈæk·ʃən/
failureto do anything that mightprovideasolutionto aproblem:
Themayorwascriticizedfor his inaction onproblemsaffectingthe city’spoor.
(Definition ofinactionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinaction

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His view that social change depends on a spontaneous transformation of the individual is dismissed as a premise for collectiveinaction.
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Another's action, orinaction, can be monitored for its possible implications for one's own possible action, and for the direction work should take.
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The realization of knowledge led to ultimate freedom and its path of renunciation was critiqued as one leading toinaction.
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial officials reversed theirinactionand began to seriously consider options for drainage.
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People's lives will be affected for good or ill by one's actions or inactions, and this can never be forgotten.
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Rather than face the repercussions of enforcing unpopular laws on them, they usually preferred to risk severe penalties forinactionand non-reporting.
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External pressures may lead societal actors to demand change, but more important, they prompt some officials to believe thatinactionmight worsen the original problem.
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In this spontaneous mass reaction thesis, the state'sinactionduring the violence gets condoned.
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Three policy decisions (or "nondecisions," since governmentinactionmay be as consequential as government action) were particularly crucial in shaping subsequent political struggles.
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No single reason for collectiveinactioncan be pin-pointed.
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The rapid proliferation of kleptocracies around the world has shed new light on the issue and on the perils ofinaction.
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Some cases of harassment were one-off incidents, but others were repeated or protracted actions orinaction.
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It could ' banishinaction', they asserted, in idle young men.
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The nobles, he charges further, have been complicit with this evil by theirinaction.
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But there were other areas of state policy where the political excuses forinactionor confusion were less compelling.
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