- Inanimate describes a non-living thing. Chairs, baseballs, sofa cushions and sadly, snowmen, are all inanimate objects.
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- adj. 无生命的；无生气的
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1. I might even become inanimate—dead, in other words, what’s the incentive for me to go in there?
我甚至可能变成无生命的—换句话说，死了。 我进入那里的动机是什么？
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2. However, it might be possible with other large but inanimate objects linked to a quantum device.
不过，有可能采用其他大型但无生命物体与量子装置相连接。
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3. This rule of silence had had this effect, that throughout the whole convent, speech had been withdrawn from human creatures, and bestowed on inanimate objects.
那种保持肃静的院规产生了这样一种后果，那就是在全院，语言已从人的身上消退并交给了无生命的东西。
- inanimate (adj.) early 15c., "without vital force,having lost life," from Late Latin inanimatus "lifeless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + animatus (see animation). The Latin word closest corresponding in form and sense is inanimalis. Meaning "lacking vivacity, without spirit, dull" is from 1734. Inanimate as a verb meant "infuse with life or vigor" (17c.), from the other in- (see in- (2)).
in·ani·mate / ɪnˈænɪmət ; NAmE ɪnˈænɪmət / adjective 1 not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are 无生命的 ◆ A rock is an inanimate object. 岩石是无生命的物体。 OPP animate 2 dead or appearing to be dead 死的；像已死的 ◆ A man was lying inanimate on the floor. 一个男子躺在地板上，看样子像是死了。 in·ani·mate / ɪnˈænɪmət ; NAmE ɪnˈænɪmət /
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