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passive/ˈpæsiv/adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon 被动的，受动的 2 offering no opposition; submissive 顺从的，不抵抗的 3a not active; inert 消极的；无活力的 b (of a metal) abnormally unreactive owing to a surface coating of oxide (金属因表面有氧化层)惰性的；钝态的 4 Gram. designating the voice in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. 如 in they were killed 他们被杀了) 【语法】被动式的；被动语态的 5 (of a debt) incurring no interest payment (债务)无利息的 □ passively adv.□ passiveness n.□ passivity /-ˈsiviti/ n.[Middle English from Old French passif -ive or Latin passivus (as PASSION)] |