[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[disapproval]
His passive attitude made things easier for me...
他顺从的态度让我做起事来要轻松些。
Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.
即使被动接受该政权也是一种通敌行为。
passively
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。
passivity
...the passivity of the public under the military occupation.
军事占领下公众的顺从
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[ADJ 形容词]消极的 A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.
[ADJ n]
They want less passive ways of filling their time.
他们想找些更为积极的方式来打发时间。
...the passive enjoyment one gets from looking at a painting or sculpture.
观看绘画或雕塑获得的被动享受
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[ADJ 形容词]（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.
[ADJ n]
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
他们声明一旦发生军事接管，他们只会采取非暴力抵抗。
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[N-SING 单数名词]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.
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Oxford
pas·siveAWL/ˈpæsɪv; NAmEˈpæsɪv/
adjective
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noun
passivepassivesadjective1accepting 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2( grammar 语法) 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.is a passive sentence （动词形式）被动语态的☞compare
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adj. (6 )▶pas·sive·lyAWL/ˈpæsɪvli; NAmEˈpæsɪvli/adverbnoun(alsoˌpassive ˈvoice)[singular ]( grammar 语法) the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb 动词被动形式；被动语态☞compare
1someone who is passive tends to accept things that happen to them or things that people say to them, without taking any action → impassive: Kathy seems to take a very passive role in the relationship. their passive acceptance of their fate2technical a passive verb or sentence has as its subject the person or thing to which an action is done, as in ‘His father was killed in a car accident.’ →
active1(6)
—passively adverb: He listened passively as his sentence was read out.—passivity /pæˈsɪvəti/ noun [uncountable]
passive1 adjective
passive2 noun
passivepassive2 ●●○AWL noun
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the passive technical the passive form of a verb, for example ‘was destroyed’ in the sentence ‘The building was destroyed during the war.’ →
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