passive
passive 英 [ˈpæsɪv] 美 [ˈpæsɪv]
adj. 被动的，消极的 n. 被动语态
名词复数:passives
- Passive is the opposite of active. In English class, you might be advised to avoid the passive voice. In chemistry, a passive substance doesn't react. Passive resistance is a way to protest peacefully.
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- adj. 被动的，消极的
- n. 被动语态
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1. He played a passive role in the relationship.
他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。
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2. a passive observer of events
列席观察员
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3. His passive attitude made things easier for me.
他的被动态度使我办起事来容易多了。
- passive (adj.) late 14c., in grammatical sense (opposed to active), Old French passif "suffering, undergoing hardship" (14c.) and directly from Latin passivus "capable of feeling or suffering," from pass-, past participle stem of pati "to suffer" (see passion). Meaning "not active" is first recorded late 15c.; sense of "enduring suffering without resistance" is from 1620s. Related: Passively. Passive resistance first attested 1819 in Scott's "Ivanhoe," used throughout 19c.; re-coined by Gandhi c. 1906 in South Africa. Passive-aggressive with reference to behavior is attested by 1971.
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