• adj. 無生命的；無生氣的

in-,不，非，animate,有生命的。

inanimate (adj.)

early 15c., from Late Latin inanimatus "lifeless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + animatus (see animation). The same word in 17c. also was a verb meaning "to infuse with life," from the other in- (see in- (2)).

1. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.

他認為嬰兒幾乎就是毫無生命的物體。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A rock is an inanimate object.

巖石是無生命的物體。

來自《權威詞典》

3. A stone is an inanimate object.

石頭是一種無生命的物體.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. It'strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inanimate.

世上萬物,一切有生命的和沒有生命的東西, 都深切感受到這氣息刺心入肺.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學

5. The voice of the so - called inanimate!

啊,這些無生命的東西卻有多么動聽的聲音!

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹