| 单词 | passive |
| 释义 | passive —passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/ adjective OFTEN DISAPPROVING (BEHAVIOUR) ► B2 not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control: » He's very passive in the relationship.» Traditionally in the church women have been confined to more passive roles.→ SEE ALSO IMPASSIVE(Cf. ↑impassive)Thesaurus+: ↑Passive and not workingpassively /-li/ adverb► F0» He tends to wait passively for his boss to tell him what to do.Thesaurus+: ↑Passive and not working • • • Extra Examples:» the passive voice/mood» 'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive.» 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.adjective SPECIALIZED (GRAMMAR) ► B1 describes the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect: » 'He was released from prison' is a passive sentence.Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbsnoun [S] SPECIALIZED the passive► B1 the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing which causes the effect: » When changed into the passive, 'The dog chased the cat' becomes 'The cat was chased by the dog'.→ COMPARE ACTIVE(Cf. ↑active) (GRAMMAR)Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs |
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