| 单词 | passive |
| 释义 | passive adj. 1. suffering action; acted upon. 2. offering no opposition; submissive. 3. a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally unreactive. 4. Gram. designating the voice in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. in they were killed). 5. (of a debt) incurring no interest payment. Phrases and idioms passive obedience 1 surrender to another's will without cooperation. 2. compliance with commands irrespective of their nature. passive resistance a non-violent refusal to cooperate. passive smoking the involuntary inhaling, esp. by a non-smoker, of smoke from others' cigarettes etc. Derivatives passively adv. passiveness n. passivity n. Etymology: ME f. OF passif -ive or L passivus (as PASSION) |
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