| 单词 | passive voice |
| 释义 | passive voiceOne of the two “voices” of verbs (see also active voice). A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. For example, in “The ball was thrown by the pitcher,” the ball (the subject) receives the action of the verb, and was thrown is in the passive voice. The same sentence cast in the active voice would be, “The pitcher threw the ball.” VIDEO FOR PASSIVE VOICEWATCH NOW: How Do You Fix Passive Voice In A Sentence?What is "passive voice" and why exactly should we never use it? notes for passive voiceIt is usually preferable to use the active voice wherever possible, because it gives a sense of immediacy to the sentence. Words nearby passive voicepassive smoke, passive smoking, passive transfer, passive tremor, passive vocabulary, passive voice, passivism, passivity, passkey, pass law, pass muster The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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