Passive

['pæsɪv]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) lacking in energy or will; 'Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself'- George Meredith .

(adj.) expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; 'academics seem to favor passive sentences' .

(adj.) peacefully resistant in response to injustice; 'passive resistance' .

埃维塔校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

(a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.

(a.) Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.

(a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.

編輯:苏珊娜

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Quiet, quiescent, inert, inactive, not active.[2]. Unresisting, submissive, patient, long-suffering.

杰夫編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Inactive, inert, quiescent, unresisting, unquestioning, negative, enduring,patient

ANT:Active, alert, resistant, positive, unsubmissive, malcontent, vehement,impatient

編輯:威尔玛

解釋/意思:

adj. suffering unresisting: not acting: (gram.) expressing the suffering of an action by the subject of the verb.—adv. Pass′ively.—ns. Pass′iveness Passiv′ity inactivity: patience: tendency of a body to preserve a given state either of motion or of rest.

手打:萨拜娜