| 单词 | passive |
| 释义 | passive (pæsɪv ) 1. adjective B2 If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. [disapproval] His passive attitude made things easier for me. Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration. Synonyms: submissive, resigned, compliant, receptive passively adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. passivity (pæsɪvɪti ) uncountable noun ...the passivity of the public under the military occupation. [+ of] 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. They want less passive ways of filling their time. ...the passive enjoyment one gets from looking at a painting or sculpture. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways. When police arrived, the protesters used passive resistance to continue their protest. 4. singular noun B1+ In grammar, the passive or the passive voice is formed using 'be' and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in 'She's been injured', the verb is in the passive. Compare active. Collocations: passive consumer It differs from the traditional passive consumer market of the past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Audiences and users want to be proactive co-producers, not passive consumers. Times, Sunday Times The ideas they dreamt up would flow down pipelines to passive consumers. Times, Sunday Times The great arts institutions want us to be passive consumers of their product. Times, Sunday Times The other attendees at the seminar are shown to be passive consumers looking for any way to fix their personal issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So far the army and police have taken a relatively passive role in the protests. Times, Sunday Times The latter should play a passive role. Times, Sunday Times People had become increasingly interested in social and political activism, and when it came to culture they no longer expected to take a passive role. Times, Sunday Times It's a terribly passive role really. Times, Sunday Times You rather pride yourself on your independence, so are horrified at the idea of adopting a passive role in decisions that will shape your life and future. Times, Sunday Times A passive smoker can be defined as someone living or working with a smoker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Passive smokers are more likely to catch a cold and have symptoms hanging around for longer than non-smokers. Times, Sunday Times What can passive smokers do to help themselves? Times, Sunday Times Just remember 2day's passive smokers are 2morrow's cancer patients. The Sun Smelly clothes and hair, sore throat and eyes, hoarse voice and long-term effects suffered by passive smokers who have never bought or smoked a cigarette in their lives? The Sun At such events he saw his presence as being that of a participant rather than merely a passive spectator. Times, Sunday Times Many others, though, had little grasp of the details of a case and allowed the defendant to remain a passive spectator. Times, Sunday Times We need to create systems that move people from being passive spectators to becoming active participants in small-group life. Christianity Today The rest of us are reduced to passive spectators rather than active political agents. Times, Sunday Times Back in the real world of politics, most people are now too often sidelined as passive spectators to those debates. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 被动的 Japanese: 受身の |
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