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passive
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Learner's definition of PASSIVE
1
[more passive; most passive] — used to describe someone who allows things to happen or who accepts what other people do or decide without trying to change anything被动的；消极的
- His passive acceptance of the decision surprised us.他被动地接受了决定令我们惊讶。
- In her books, women are often portrayed in passive roles.在她的书中，女性常常被描述成被动的角色。
2
grammar
a of a verb or voice : showing that the subject of a sentence is acted on or affected by the verb（动词或语态）被动的 — compare active
- “Hits” in “She hits the ball” is active, while “hit” in “The ball was hit” is passive.在句子She hits the ball中，hits是主动语态；而在句子The ball was hit中，hit是被动语态。
- In “He was hit by the ball,” “hit” is a passive verb.在句子He was hit by the ball中，hit是被动动词。
◊ The passive voice is a way of writing or speaking that uses passive verbs.被动语态是一种用被动动词写作或讲话的方式。
- The sentence “The house was destroyed by the tornado” is written in the passive voice.在The house was destroyed by the tornado句中使用了被动语态。
b : containing a passive verb form被动态的；被动的
- a passive sentence被动句
2
a
: not active or operating : inert
c
: latent
d
: of, relating to, or characterized by a state of chemical inactivity
especially : resistant to corrosion
e
of an electronic element : exhibiting no gain or control
passively adverb
passiveness noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective The destructive myth/legend of Herbert Hoover strikes again. The nation's 31st President has chronically been portrayed as passive in the face of the Great Depression and his successor, Franklin Roosevelt, as the exact opposite—an activist who, if he didn't actually cure the Depression, at least profoundly improved the nation's battered psychology. 
Steve Forbes, Forbes, 30 June 2008 He believes that the time has come for Europeans to discard their passive role with respect to the United States and that Americans must be made to understand why. Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, May 2006 Throughout the streets of Moscow last Wednesday, word of the ignominious flight of the Soviet Union's would-be junta brought a sense not of jubilation, but of quiet relief that a bloody civil war had been averted, and of satisfaction that the myth of the passive, obedient Russian people might be laid to rest. Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, 26 Aug.-1 Sept. 1991 “Hits” in “She hits the ball” is active, while “hit” in “The ball was hit” is passive. In “He was hit by the ball,” “hit” is a passive verb.
Steve Forbes, Forbes, 30 June 2008 He believes that the time has come for Europeans to discard their passive role with respect to the United States and that Americans must be made to understand why. Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, May 2006 Throughout the streets of Moscow last Wednesday, word of the ignominious flight of the Soviet Union's would-be junta brought a sense not of jubilation, but of quiet relief that a bloody civil war had been averted, and of satisfaction that the myth of the passive, obedient Russian people might be laid to rest. Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, 26 Aug.-1 Sept. 1991 “Hits” in “She hits the ball” is active, while “hit” in “The ball was hit” is passive. In “He was hit by the ball,” “hit” is a passive verb. Recent Examples on the Web Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022 His Silverio is passive, a reactor more than a seize-the-day actor, and this has the effect of making the story of his vaunted journalistic career seem an anvil of apathy that’s hanging around the movie’s neck. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022 Does the new capital partner get to pick the next CEO, a few board seats, or are they expected to be fully passive? Bruce Werner, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Jane is just as passive, even though Thor might die. Chris Smith, BGR, 12 July 2022 His active work is essentially internal, and his public side is essentially passive and requires the active, public, theatrical work of a woman, an actress, to bring it to the world. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Most butterworts are entirely passive, although a few can curl the edges of their leaves inward, covering more of the insect in lethal goo. Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022 Blake is an expert on teaching his viewers how to make passive income and grow it, much like a college-level business course. Essence, 30 Aug. 2022 Owning a home in the metaverse also comes with ample opportunity for owners to create passive income. Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Ildeme Mahinay Koch, Forbes, 13 May 2022 The redistricting conflict comes two months after Cortez abandoned his fellow Democrats during a quorum break in Washington, D.C., to block the passive of a restrictive GOP election bill. Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2021 Janet Randall, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University, has found that rendering these instructions in plain English, stripping out passives and legalese especially, makes them much easier to interpret. The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018 See More
Adjective
DJ Humphries got a deal, but the pass protection was passive, at best. Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022 His Silverio is passive, a reactor more than a seize-the-day actor, and this has the effect of making the story of his vaunted journalistic career seem an anvil of apathy that’s hanging around the movie’s neck. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022 Does the new capital partner get to pick the next CEO, a few board seats, or are they expected to be fully passive? Bruce Werner, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Jane is just as passive, even though Thor might die. Chris Smith, BGR, 12 July 2022 His active work is essentially internal, and his public side is essentially passive and requires the active, public, theatrical work of a woman, an actress, to bring it to the world. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Most butterworts are entirely passive, although a few can curl the edges of their leaves inward, covering more of the insect in lethal goo. Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022 Blake is an expert on teaching his viewers how to make passive income and grow it, much like a college-level business course. Essence, 30 Aug. 2022 Owning a home in the metaverse also comes with ample opportunity for owners to create passive income. Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Noun
Smart companies recognize that in recent years, their customers have shifted from a passive to an active role. Ildeme Mahinay Koch, Forbes, 13 May 2022 The redistricting conflict comes two months after Cortez abandoned his fellow Democrats during a quorum break in Washington, D.C., to block the passive of a restrictive GOP election bill. Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2021 Janet Randall, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University, has found that rendering these instructions in plain English, stripping out passives and legalese especially, makes them much easier to interpret. The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective and Noun
Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle of pati
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Noun
1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of passive was in the 14th century Phrases Containing passive
adjective
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