Inanimate

(adj.) not endowed with life; 'the inorganic world is inanimate'; 'inanimate objects' .

(adj.) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; 'the word `car' is inanimate' .

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• When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• It is in vain to urge, that inanimate objects act without liberty and choice. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But it is not in its relation with regard to other external and inanimate objects. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• No matter what the object required may be, whether animate or inanimate, if it is necessary for the play it is found and pressed into service. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• For that relation may be the same betwixt inanimate objects, or with regard to brute creatures; though in those cases it forms no property. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• We bestow thoughtful care upon inanimate objects, but none upon ourselves. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But I liked his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being at the same time unsettled and inanimate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I discovered that if I were to stay there a month, I should still find myself looking at the people instead of the inanimate objects on exhibition. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In such a spot death loses half its terrors, and even the inanimate dust appears to partake of the spirit of beauty which hallows this region. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The inanimate objects were not changed; but the living things had altered past recognition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This was the sole idea, to turn upon the inanimate matter of the underground, and reduce it to his will. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Hermione went round the room carefully, taking in every detail, as if absorbing the evidence of his presence, in all the inanimate things. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• You take a sort of harsh, solitary triumph in drawing pleasure out of the elements and the inanimate and lower animate creation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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