non-living

基本解释

Non-living matter can be brought to life with no need for lightning, a vital essence or a god.
不需要闪电，活力的精华，或者是神，就可以让非生命物质活过来。
I developed a simple technique of seeing auras and I was able to see the auras of non-living objects straight away. After a couple of days I started seeing my own aura.
之后，我领悟了一个简单的预知技巧，并能够直接看到非生命物体的先兆，几天以后，我开始能够看见我自己的一些先兆。
On the earth’s surface the artificial divisions that we have made between living and non-living, biotic and abiotic, organic and inorganic, are not only false but mischievous.
在地球表面，我们对生物和非生物、生命体和非生命体、有机物和无机物所作的人为划分不光是错误而且是有害的。

So, what we are going to study now is a non-living object and we're going to pick it to be a mathematical point.
我们现在所要研究的的,是一个没有生命的物体,我们要把它看作一个数学上的点
耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选
"Life's always worth living; " it's always better than non-existence."
活着总是有它的价值;,“活着总比不存在要好“
耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Non-living resources — commonly known as polymetallic nodules — were thought to represent an important economic stake for the international community at the time UNCLOS was adopted in 1982 and up until recently.
UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES
Is the Russian Federation basically a Russian empire, with a few non-Russians living in it as second-class citizens?
ECONOMIST: How free is free?