passive
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. 被動(dòng)的[表不滿(mǎn)]
His passive attitude made things easier for me. 他的被動(dòng)態(tài)度使我辦起事來(lái)容易多了。
2. passivelyADV 被動(dòng)地
He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. 他被動(dòng)地坐在那裡，心滿(mǎn)意足地等著他父親走第一步棋。
3. ADJ A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. 消極的[ADJ n]
They want less passive ways of filling their time. 他們需要不那麼消極的方式來(lái)打發(fā)時(shí)間。
4. ADJ Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways. 非暴力的[ADJ n]
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover. 他們聲明假若發(fā)生軍事接琯，他們衹採(cǎi)取非暴力觝抗行動(dòng)。
5. N-SING In grammar, the passive or the passive voice is formed using "be" and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in "He's been murdered," the verb is in the passive. Compare . 被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
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passive /?p?s?v/
劍橋詞典
- 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 .
passive adjective (BEHAVIOUR)
B2 often disapprovingnot acting to influence or change a situation ; allowing other people to be in control
被動(dòng)的，消極的；順從的
He's very passive in the relationship . 他在這一關(guān)系中非常被動(dòng)。
Traditionally in many professions women have been confined to more passive roles . 傳統(tǒng)上女性在許多行業(yè)都被限制於扮縯一個(gè)被動(dòng)的角色。
也見(jiàn)
impassive
例句
passive adjective (GRAMMAR)
B1 language specializedThe passive form of a verb is being 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 .
被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的
'He was released from prison ' is a passive sentence . He was released from prison 是個(gè)被動(dòng)句。
In the sentence "He was hit by the ball ", "was hit " is in the passive voice . He was hit by the ball這句話中was hit是被動(dòng)式。 返回 passive