1 ADJ-GRADED 被动的;顺从的;听之任之的 If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. 被动的;顺从的;听之任之的 [disapproval]
SYN submissive, resigned, compliant, receptive
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He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.
他温顺地坐在那里,心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 消极的 A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. 消极的
3 ADJ [ADJ n] (抵抗)非暴力的 Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways. (抵抗)非暴力的
4 N-SING 被动态;被动式 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. 被动态;被动式
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