单词 | passiveness |
释义 | passiveness (once / 28828 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY passive: passively, passiveness, passives, passivism, passivity+/passivity: passivities USAGE EXAMPLESTrump’s passiveness in Flint betrayed his hustle—when confronted, he folds like a badly run casino. The New Yorker(Sep 23, 2016) Finally, one man sat cross-legged in front of the horse as a sign of passiveness. New York Times(Apr 18, 2015) His passiveness has led some to believe Mariota lacks the leadership tools needed to play quarterback at a high level. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2014) 1 n the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper passivity apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torporinactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy inactiveness, inactivity, inertia a disposition to remain inactive or inert n submission to others or to outside influences Syn|Hyper passivity submissiveness the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. |
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