passive

• adj. 被动的，消极的；被动语态的
• n. 被动语态

词态变化

中文词源

来自拉丁语pati,忍受，承受，词源同passion.即承受的，引申词义被动的，消极的。

英文词源

passive (adj.)

late 14c., in grammatical sense (opposed to active), Old French passif "suffering, undergoing hardship" (14c.) and directly from Latin passivus "capable of feeling or suffering," from pass-, past participle stem of pati "to suffer" (see passion). Meaning "not active" is first recorded late 15c.; sense of "enduring suffering without resistance" is from 1620s. Related: Passively. Passive resistance first attested 1819 in Scott's "Ivanhoe," used throughout 19c.; re-coined by Gandhi c. 1906 in South Africa. Passive-aggressive with reference to behavior is attested by 1971.

双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She hates playing the sweet, passive women that audiences identify her with.

她讨厌扮演那些漂亮可爱、消极被动的女人，观众们已把她定型为这类角色。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He played a passive role in the relationship.

他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。

来自《权威词典》

4. In spite of my efforts the boy remained passive.

尽管我努力,那男孩还是不起劲.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. We should translate this sentence in passive voice.

我们应该用被动语态翻译这个句子.

来自《简明英汉词典》