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passive

英 ['pæsɪv]美 ['pæsɪv]

adj. 被動的，消極的；被動語態的

n. 被動語態

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中文詞源

passive 被動的，消極的

來自拉丁語pati,忍受，承受，詞源同passion.即承受的，引申詞義被動的，消極的。

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.

即使被動接受該政權也是一種通敵行爲。

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

她討厭扮演那些漂亮可愛、消極被動的女人，觀衆們已把她定型爲這類角色。

3. He played a passive role in the relationship.

他在他們的關係中處於被動地位。

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

儘管我努力,那男孩還是不起勁.

5. We should translate this sentence in passive voice.

我們應該用被動語態翻譯這個句子.

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