passive 音标拼音: [p'æsɪv]
a . 被动的;消极的被动消极的东西;被动语态,被动式
被动的;消极的被动消极的东西;被动语态,被动式
passive 被动元件;无源;被动;消极
passive 无源 被动
passive adj 1 :
lacking in energy or will ; "
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself "-
George Meredith [
synonym :
{
passive }, {
inactive }] [
ant : {
active }]
2 :
peacefully resistant in response to injustice ; "
passive resistance " [
synonym : {
passive }, {
peaceful }]
3 :
expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb ; "
academics seem to favor passive sentences " [
ant : {
active }]
n 1 :
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (
not the source )
of the action denoted by the verb ; "`
The ball was thrown by the boy '
uses the passive voice "; "`
The ball was thrown '
is an abbreviated passive " [
synonym : {
passive voice }, {
passive }]
[
ant : {
active }, {
active voice }]
Passive \
Pas "
sive \,
a . [
L .
passivus :
cf .
F .
passif .
See {
Passion }.]
1 .
Not active ,
but acted upon ;
suffering or receiving impressions or influences ;
as ,
they were passive spectators ,
not actors in the scene .
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The passive air Upbore their nimble tread . --
Milton .
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The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas . --
Locke .
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2 .
Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance ;
without emotion or excitement ;
patient ;
not opposing ;
unresisting ;
as ,
passive obedience ;
passive submission .
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The best virtue ,
passive fortitude . --
Massinger .
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3 . (
Chem .)
Inactive ;
inert ;
unreactive ;
not showing strong affinity ;
as ,
red phosphorus is comparatively passive .
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4 . (
Med .)
Designating certain morbid conditions ,
as hemorrhage or dropsy ,
characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues ,
with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues .
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{
Passive congestion } (
Med .),
congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part .
{
Passive iron } (
Chem .),
iron which has been subjected to the action of heat ,
of strong nitric acid ,
chlorine ,
etc .
It is then not easily acted upon by acids .
{
Passive movement } (
Med .),
a movement of a part ,
in order to exercise it ,
made without the assistance of the muscles which ordinarily move the part .
{
Passive obedience } (
as used by writers on government ),
obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government .
{
Passive prayer },
among mystic divines ,
a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties ,
the soul remaining quiet ,
and yielding only to the impulses of grace .
{
Passive verb },
or {
Passive voice } (
Gram .),
a verb ,
or form of a verb ,
which expresses the effect of the action of some agent ;
as ,
in Latin ,
doceor ,
I am taught ;
in English ,
she is loved ;
the picture is admired by all ;
he is assailed by slander .
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Syn :
Inactive ;
inert ;
quiescent ;
unresisting ;
unopposing ;
suffering ;
enduring ;
submissive ;
patient .
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Passive balloon 211 Moby Thesaurus words for "
passive ":
Laodicean ,
Olympian ,
abeyant ,
abject ,
accepting ,
accommodating ,
acquiescent ,
active ,
active voice ,
adapting ,
adaptive ,
adjusting ,
agreeable ,
aloof ,
amenable ,
apathetic ,
asleep ,
assenting ,
bearing ,
benumbed ,
blah ,
blank ,
blankminded ,
blase ,
bovine ,
calm ,
cataleptic ,
catatonic ,
centrist ,
comatose ,
complaisant ,
compliable ,
compliant ,
complying ,
consenting ,
contemplative ,
cool ,
dead ,
deferential ,
desensitized ,
detached ,
disinterested ,
dispassionate ,
do -
nothing ,
docile ,
dopey ,
dormant ,
dull ,
empty ,
empty -
headed ,
enduring ,
even ,
fatuous ,
fifty -
fifty ,
flat ,
flexible ,
forbearing ,
foul ,
gentle ,
groggy ,
half -
and -
half ,
heartless ,
heavy ,
hebetudinous ,
hopeless ,
humble ,
idle ,
immobile ,
impartial ,
impassive ,
imperturbable ,
implicit ,
in a stupor ,
in abeyance ,
in suspense ,
inactive ,
inane ,
incogitant ,
independent ,
indifferent ,
inert ,
insouciant ,
laissez -
aller ,
laissez -
faire ,
lamblike ,
languid ,
languorous ,
latent ,
leaden ,
lethargic ,
lifeless ,
listless ,
logy ,
long -
suffering ,
malleable ,
medio -
passive ,
meditative ,
meek ,
middle ,
middle voice ,
midway ,
moderate ,
motionless ,
neuter ,
neutral ,
nirvanic ,
nonaligned ,
nonchalant ,
noncommitted ,
nondissenting ,
nonpartisan ,
nonresistant ,
nonresisting ,
nonresistive ,
nonviolent ,
numb ,
numbed ,
obedient ,
oblivious ,
on the fence ,
out of it ,
ovine ,
paralytic ,
paralyzed ,
passive voice ,
patient ,
phlegmatic ,
placid ,
pliable ,
pluckless ,
procrastinating ,
quiescent ,
quiet ,
quietist ,
quietistic ,
receptive ,
reconciled ,
reflexive ,
relaxed ,
repressed ,
resigned ,
sedentary ,
serene ,
servile ,
sheepish ,
slack ,
sleeping ,
sleepy ,
sluggish ,
slumbering ,
smoldering ,
soporific ,
spiritless ,
spunkless ,
stagnant ,
stagnating ,
standing ,
standpat ,
static ,
stationary ,
still ,
stoic ,
stolid ,
stupefied ,
subdued ,
submissive ,
subservient ,
supine ,
suspended ,
tacit ,
tame ,
third -
force ,
third -
world ,
thoughtfree ,
thoughtless ,
tolerant ,
torpid ,
tractable ,
tranquil ,
unaffected ,
unaroused ,
unassertive ,
uncaring ,
uncommitted ,
uncomplaining ,
unconcerned ,
undisclosed ,
unexpressed ,
unideaed ,
unintellectual ,
uninterested ,
uninvolved ,
unmoved ,
unmoving ,
unoccupied ,
unperturbed ,
unreasoning ,
unresistant ,
unresisting ,
unresponsive ,
unrevealed ,
unshaken ,
unthinking ,
untouched ,
vacant ,
vacuous ,
vegetable ,
vegetative ,
voice ,
withdrawn ,
yielding
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