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单词 activo-passive
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activo-passiveadj.

Brit. /ˌaktɪvəʊˈpasɪv/, U.S. /ˌæktɪvoʊˈpæsɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: active adj., -o- connective, passive adj.
Etymology: < active adj. + -o- connective + passive adj.
1. Characterized by both activity and passivity. Obsolete. rare.
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1860 F. Chance tr. R. Virchow Cellular Pathol. xvi. 342 (heading) Atheromatous process in arteries... Mixed, activo-passive processes.
1892 Philos. Rev. 1 513 Knowledge is an activity, an activo-passive experience of the subject.
2. Grammar. Of or designating a verb used intransitively with passive meaning; = active-passive adj. at active adj. and n. Compounds 2. Cf. passival adj. 2.
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commonc1450
personal?1482
perfect1530
valuative1566
suppletive1633
auxiliary1751
active-passive1859
mutative1866
preterito-presential1875
preterite-present1888
passival1892
preteritive present1894
applicative1903
injunctive1910
activo-passive1927
ornative1934
eventive1946
notional1957
non-factive1969
contrafactive1979
1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. xvi. 350 This activo-passive use of some verbs is only the last link of the long chain of phenomena considered in this chapter.
1966 Eng. Stud. 47 50 It cannot be denied that the ‘activo-passive’ use of the verb lends a special idea of pseudo-activity to the grammatical subject.
1988 Lit. & Ling. Computing 3 253/2 When there is no other alternative passive form than activo-passive, the activo-passivization must be carried out.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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