passive

英 ['pæsɪv] 美['pæsɪv]
  • adj. 被动的,消极的;被动语态的
  • n. 被动语态

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词态变化


复数: passives;比较级: more passive;最高级: most passive;副词: passively;

中文词源


passive 被动的,消极的

来自拉丁语pati,忍受,承受,词源同passion.即承受的,引申词义被动的,消极的。

英英释意


1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb;
"`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"
"`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"

英文词源


passive (adj.)
late 14c., in grammatical sense (opposed to active), Old French passif "suffering, undergoing hardship" (14c.) and directly from Latin passivus "capable of feeling or suffering," from pass-, past participle stem of pati "to suffer" (see passion). Meaning "not active" is first recorded late 15c.; sense of "enduring suffering without resistance" is from 1620s. Related: Passively. Passive resistance first attested 1819 in Scott's "Ivanhoe," used throughout 19c.; re-coined by Gandhi c. 1906 in South Africa. Passive-aggressive with reference to behavior is attested by 1971.

考试真题


After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change—a state they called learned helplessness.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

While they may not be as dynamic as an iPad, textbooks are not passive or lifeless.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against - our peer group.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

When these students encounter a new problem of the same type on a test, they're able to transfer the knowledge they've gathered more effectively than those who were the passive recipients of someone else's expertise.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

"I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in—and measuring us against—our peer group.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Listening is thus an active, not a passive, behavior consisting of hearing, understanding and remembering.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

The forced wait makes people passive.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

But they show comprehension to consist not just passive assimilation but of active engagement inference and problem-solving.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

But they show comprehension to consist not just of passive assimilation but of active engagement in inference and problem-solving.

2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

first, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


He played a passive role in the relationship.
他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。

牛津词典

a passive observer of events
列席观察员

牛津词典

His passive attitude made things easier for me...
他顺从的态度让我做起事来要轻松些。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.
即使被动接受该政权也是一种通敌行为。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They want less passive ways of filling their time.
他们想找些更为积极的方式来打发时间。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the passive enjoyment one gets from looking at a painting or sculpture.
观看绘画或雕塑获得的被动享受

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
他们声明一旦发生军事接管,他们只会采取非暴力抵抗。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Passive FTP is beneficial to the client, but detrimental to FTP server admin.
被动FTP对 FTP客户端的管理有利, 但对服务器端的管理不利.

期刊摘选

Steps to Build Passive Income.
建构被动收入的步骤.

期刊摘选

This sentence is in the active voice. Can you change it into the passive voice?
这个句子是主动语态, 你能把它变成被动语态 吗 ?

期刊摘选

Left as passive, bored spectators, students withdraw intellectually and simply the motions necessary to the course.
结果学生成了被动又感到无聊的旁观者, 他们不再动脑思考,只是敷衍了事地修完课程.

期刊摘选

The wizards and builders that you find in modern IDEs are typically passive code generators.
现代IDE里 的向导和创建器就是典型的被动代码生成.

期刊摘选

The Inverted High Priestess is active in events where she should be more passive.
反置的高尚女教士在需要被动的时候反而过于积极.

期刊摘选

A passive immunization treatment developed by Elan Corporation has already advanced to phase II clinical trials.
伊蓝开发的一种被动免疫疗法,已进入第二阶段的临床试验.

期刊摘选

Neuroglia cell is traditionally considered to be one passive part in the synaptic transmission.
传统观念认为,神经胶质细胞在信息传递和整合过程中仅仅是一个被动的角色.

期刊摘选

One design of the passive residual heat removal ( PRHR ) system of nuclear reactor was presented.
提出了一种反应堆非能动 余热 排出系统的方案设计.

期刊摘选

Because in metropolitan networks, many passive components should be included in addition to optical additional losses.
由于在都市间的区域网路中, 除了光纤以外还会有许多被动元件包含在内.

期刊摘选

In a traditional artwork, the audience is passive.
在传统的艺术形式中, 观众处于被动的地位.

期刊摘选

For business performance, the overall aggressive strategy is also better than the passive strategy.
而在营业绩效方面, 则全面积极型企业较消极随意型企业佳.

期刊摘选

The use form of the use form of passive appliance and active appliance.
无源器械的使用形式和有源器械的使用形式.

期刊摘选

The enemy were thus reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.
敌人于是就陷入了欲罢不能,而又不得不罢的被动地位.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She lookd at him, her eyes passive and calm.
她望着他, 眼神温顺而平静.

辞典例句

No Targeting: A passive familiar can't be targeted by any effect.
无目标: 处于消极形态的魔宠不能被任何效果选中.

期刊摘选

A passive node does not receive access rights.
被动节点没有收到访问权限.

期刊摘选

We should translate this sentence in passive voice.
我们应该用被动语态翻译这个句子.

《简明英汉词典》

It lands the manager in a passive position.
它使经理处于被动地位.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He has a passive expression on his face.
他脸上有一种漠然的表情.

《简明英汉词典》

In spite of my efforts the boy remained passive.
尽管我努力,那男孩还是不起劲.

《现代英汉综合大词典》