Passivity
[pæ'sɪvɪtɪ] or [pæ'sɪvəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.
(noun.) submission to others or to outside influences.
科南錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.
(n.) The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia.
(n.) The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.
整理:普雷斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- His blue eyes burned with a keen, yet cold light, there was a certain beauty, a beautiful passivity in all his body, his moulding. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- All educational reformers, as we have had occasion to remark, are given to attacking the passivity of traditional education. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But there is a kind of passivity, willingness to let experiences accumulate and sink in and ripen, which is an essential of development. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She sat still and let Tantripp put on her bonnet and shawl, a passivity which was unusual with her, for she liked to wait on herself. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Another dualism is that of activity and passivity in knowing. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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