“靠惯性滑行”可以翻译为“coast (along) by inertia” 或者 “glide (along) by inertia” 。其中，“coast”有“（车辆等）惯性滑行；滑行移动”的意思；“glide”意为“（轻松地）滑行，滑动” ；“inertia”指“惯性” 。
例如：The car coasted/glided by inertia for a while after the engine was turned off.（发动机熄火后，汽车靠惯性滑行了一会儿 。）