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passive    音标拼音: [p'æsɪv]
a. 被动的;消极的被动消极的东西;被动语态,被动式

被动的;消极的被动消极的东西;被动语态,被动式

passive
被动元件;无源;被动;消极

passive
无源 被动

passive
adj 1: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the
passive order may be traced to a disinclination to
inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith [synonym:
{passive}, {inactive}] [ant: {active}]
2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive
resistance" [synonym: {passive}, {peaceful}]
3: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of
the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor
passive sentences" [ant: {active}]
n 1: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of
the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action
denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses
the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an
abbreviated passive" [synonym: {passive voice}, {passive}]
[ant: {active}, {active voice}]

Passive \Pas"sive\, a. [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See
{Passion}.]
1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving
impressions or influences; as, they were passive
spectators, not actors in the scene.
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The passive air
Upbore their nimble tread. --Milton.
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The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all
its simple ideas. --Locke.
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2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or
active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient;
not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive
submission.
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The best virtue, passive fortitude. --Massinger.
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3. (Chem.) Inactive; inert; unreactive; not showing strong
affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
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4. (Med.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as
hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the
vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of
reaction in the affected tissues.
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{Passive congestion} (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to
the return of the blood from the affected part.

{Passive iron} (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the
action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It
is then not easily acted upon by acids.

{Passive movement} (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to
exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles
which ordinarily move the part.

{Passive obedience} (as used by writers on government),
obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a
duty in all cases to the existing government.

{Passive prayer}, among mystic divines, a suspension of the
activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul
remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of
grace.

{Passive verb}, or {Passive voice} (Gram.), a verb, or form
of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of
some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English,
she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is
assailed by slander.
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Syn: Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing;
suffering; enduring; submissive; patient.
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211 Moby Thesaurus words for "passive":
Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating,
acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting,
agreeable, aloof, amenable, apathetic, asleep, assenting, bearing,
benumbed, blah, blank, blankminded, blase, bovine, calm,
cataleptic, catatonic, centrist, comatose, complaisant, compliable,
compliant, complying, consenting, contemplative, cool, dead,
deferential, desensitized, detached, disinterested, dispassionate,
do-nothing, docile, dopey, dormant, dull, empty, empty-headed,
enduring, even, fatuous, fifty-fifty, flat, flexible, forbearing,
foul, gentle, groggy, half-and-half, heartless, heavy,
hebetudinous, hopeless, humble, idle, immobile, impartial,
impassive, imperturbable, implicit, in a stupor, in abeyance,
in suspense, inactive, inane, incogitant, independent, indifferent,
inert, insouciant, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lamblike, languid,
languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy,
long-suffering, malleable, medio-passive, meditative, meek, middle,
middle voice, midway, moderate, motionless, neuter, neutral,
nirvanic, nonaligned, nonchalant, noncommitted, nondissenting,
nonpartisan, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, nonviolent,
numb, numbed, obedient, oblivious, on the fence, out of it, ovine,
paralytic, paralyzed, passive voice, patient, phlegmatic, placid,
pliable, pluckless, procrastinating, quiescent, quiet, quietist,
quietistic, receptive, reconciled, reflexive, relaxed, repressed,
resigned, sedentary, serene, servile, sheepish, slack, sleeping,
sleepy, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, soporific, spiritless,
spunkless, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, static,
stationary, still, stoic, stolid, stupefied, subdued, submissive,
subservient, supine, suspended, tacit, tame, third-force,
third-world, thoughtfree, thoughtless, tolerant, torpid, tractable,
tranquil, unaffected, unaroused, unassertive, uncaring,
uncommitted, uncomplaining, unconcerned, undisclosed, unexpressed,
unideaed, unintellectual, uninterested, uninvolved, unmoved,
unmoving, unoccupied, unperturbed, unreasoning, unresistant,
unresisting, unresponsive, unrevealed, unshaken, unthinking,
untouched, vacant, vacuous, vegetable, vegetative, voice,
withdrawn, yielding

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  • PASSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PASSIVE is acted upon by an external agency How to use passive in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Passive
  • PASSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb 'Was made' is a passive form of the verb 'make' Some verbs do not have a passive form He's very passive in the relationship Traditionally in many professions women have been confined to more passive roles
  • PASSIVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Passive definition: not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling See examples of PASSIVE used in a sentence
  • THE PASSIVE VOICE - Perfect English Grammar
    We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive So play becomes played Click here to learn about irregular verbs I make a cake A cake is made (by me) I am making a cake A cake is being made (by me)
  • Passive Voice: When to Use It and When to Avoid It - Grammarly
    Learn when to use passive voice and when to avoid it with these guidelines and examples Explore active vs passive voice and how to identify passive voice
  • Passives - LearnEnglish
    We often use the passive: when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, it's not known, it's obvious or we don't want to say) so that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information; in more formal or scientific writing How we make the passive We make the passive using the verb be + past
  • What is Passive Voice? Definition, Examples of Passive Sentences in . . .
    The passive writing voice occurs when something that is ordinarily “done by” the subject of a sentence is “done by” the object of a sentence In the passive writing voice, whatever is doing the action of the sentence is not the grammatical subject of the sentence
  • Learn English - Passive Voice - English Grammar - ego4u. com
    Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action Example: My bike was stolen In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen I do not know, however, who did it
  • Passive Sentence: Explanation and Examples - Grammar Monster
    A passive sentence is a sentence where the subject does not perform the action of the verb In a passive sentence, the action of the verb is done to the subject 'The cake was eaten by the dog' is an example of a passive sentence
  • The Passive Voice - Complete Guide (Definition, Examples and Exercises)
    The passive voice is a way of writing or speaking where the object of an action becomes the subject of the sentence For example, instead of saying “The cat chased the mouse,” in passive voice, you would say “The mouse was chased by the cat ”





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