1 showing no reaction, feeling or interest; not active 冷漠的;不关心的;被动的:
Some people prefer to play a passive role in meetings.有些人在会议上宁可表现得消极被动。
2 used about the form of a verb or a sentence when the subject of the sentence is affected by the action of the verb (用于动词形式或句子)被动语态的,被动式的:
In the sentence ‘He was bitten by a dog’, the verb is passive.在He was bitten by a dog这句中,动词是被动式。 You can also say: ‘The verb is in the passive’. 表示动词是被动式,可说The verb is in the passive。☞Look at active. 参看active。 ➔passivelyadv
passive1/ˋpæsIv; ˈpæsIv/adj 1 someone who is passive accepts what happens or what people say without trying to change or influence it [ active ] 消极的﹔被动的: their passive acceptance of their fate 他们对命运的消极接受2 technical used to describe a verb or sentence in which the subject of the verb is affected by the action rather than doing the action. In the sentence ‘I was invited to the party’, the verb is passive. [ active ] 【术语】〔动词或句子〕被动式的〔如句子 I was invited to the party 中的动词就是被动式〕—passively adv —passivity /pæˋsIvətI; pæˈsIvəti or pæˈsIvIti/n [U]
passive2n the passive (voice) technical the passive form of a verb【术语】〔动词的〕被动式﹐被动语态
passivepassivepassivesnoun (no plural)(grammar) the form of a verb that shows that the action is done by a person or thing to another person or thing: In the sentence ‘The car was stolen’, the verb is in the passive.oppositeactive