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单词 passive-aggressive
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Definition of passive-aggressive in English:

passive-aggressive

adjective
  • Of or denoting a type of behaviour or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was manifested by disparaging remarks, passive-aggressive behaviour, malicious gossip about me, passing off of ideas generated by me as his own and frequent use of abusive language to myself and others around him.
    • Emily finally learns Lorelai is dating Luke, and demands to get reacquainted with him over a passive-aggressive dinner.
    • Sometimes these emotions are expressed in passive-aggressive ways, sexual withdrawal being one manifestation.
    • The steward's self-pity in his soliloquy suggests lack of control over his situation or a passive-aggressive personality.
    • That's what a passive-aggressive personality will get you.
    • Humor can also be used to be cruel in a passive-aggressive way.
    • Does this make kiwis a passive-aggressive people, second only to the English in our avoidance of public conflict?
    • I neither stated nor implied that my experiences with accusations of passive-aggressive behavior were representative.
    • For others, though, it's a dreaded nightmare of confrontation and recrimination, self-destructive despair and passive-aggressive treachery.
    • Therefore you tell everyone he has a passive-aggressive personality and Asperger's Syndrome.
    • And passive-aggressive lateness or forgetfulness certainly falls under this category.
    • So long as people work soul-sucking jobs and find themselves in passive-aggressive dysfunctional relationships, his songs will never go out of style.
    • Therefore, their anger may be misdirected in passive-aggressive maneuvers such as sulking or destructive gossip, she says.
    • My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered.
    • To me it seems fairly ordinary, but I also live in a place filled with many passive-aggressive people and haven't been dating forever.
    • Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the importance of underlying beliefs that influence passive, aggressive, and passive-aggressive styles.
    • The result is often judgmental criticism, condescending sarcasm or, even, passive-aggressive retaliation.
    • So, it turns out that I'm a passive-aggressive confrontation-shy milquetoast with a classic working class deference to power.
    • People who write diaries are helpless solipsists who want nothing more than to denigrate others and elevate their own achievements, but who are too repressed and passive-aggressive to do so publicly.
    • Esther, my shopaholic, passive-aggressive, overly grandiose mother, loves to recount this story at least four or five times a year and always with great relish on my day of birth!
 
 

Definition of passive-aggressive in US English:

passive-aggressive

adjective
  • Of or denoting a type of behavior or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation, as in procrastinating, pouting, or misplacing important materials.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes these emotions are expressed in passive-aggressive ways, sexual withdrawal being one manifestation.
    • This was manifested by disparaging remarks, passive-aggressive behaviour, malicious gossip about me, passing off of ideas generated by me as his own and frequent use of abusive language to myself and others around him.
    • Therefore, their anger may be misdirected in passive-aggressive maneuvers such as sulking or destructive gossip, she says.
    • The result is often judgmental criticism, condescending sarcasm or, even, passive-aggressive retaliation.
    • My dad was usually a passive-aggressive person, only when my mother pushed certain buttons did he tend to get irritated and ill-tempered.
    • That's what a passive-aggressive personality will get you.
    • Emily finally learns Lorelai is dating Luke, and demands to get reacquainted with him over a passive-aggressive dinner.
    • Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the importance of underlying beliefs that influence passive, aggressive, and passive-aggressive styles.
    • Therefore you tell everyone he has a passive-aggressive personality and Asperger's Syndrome.
    • And passive-aggressive lateness or forgetfulness certainly falls under this category.
    • I neither stated nor implied that my experiences with accusations of passive-aggressive behavior were representative.
    • For others, though, it's a dreaded nightmare of confrontation and recrimination, self-destructive despair and passive-aggressive treachery.
    • Does this make kiwis a passive-aggressive people, second only to the English in our avoidance of public conflict?
    • So, it turns out that I'm a passive-aggressive confrontation-shy milquetoast with a classic working class deference to power.
    • Esther, my shopaholic, passive-aggressive, overly grandiose mother, loves to recount this story at least four or five times a year and always with great relish on my day of birth!
    • People who write diaries are helpless solipsists who want nothing more than to denigrate others and elevate their own achievements, but who are too repressed and passive-aggressive to do so publicly.
    • To me it seems fairly ordinary, but I also live in a place filled with many passive-aggressive people and haven't been dating forever.
    • Humor can also be used to be cruel in a passive-aggressive way.
    • So long as people work soul-sucking jobs and find themselves in passive-aggressive dysfunctional relationships, his songs will never go out of style.
    • The steward's self-pity in his soliloquy suggests lack of control over his situation or a passive-aggressive personality.
 
 
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