pas·sive
adjective/ˈpæsɪv/
/ˈpæsɪv/
- accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them
消极的；被动的 - He played a passive role in the relationship.
他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。 - a passive observer of events
列席观察员 - She wore a passive expression on her face as if she didn’t care what happened.
她脸上露出消极的表情，似乎并不关心发生了什么。
Extra Examples- Watching TV is a completely passive activity.
看电视是一种完全被动的活动。 - We are passive recipients of information from the world around us.
我们被动地接收周围世界的信息。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- He played a passive role in the relationship.
- (grammar) connected with the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb, for example He was bitten by a dog.
（动词形式）被动语态的
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2), also in the sense ‘(exposed to) suffering, acted on by an external agency’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered’, from the verb pati.