• adj. 被動的，消極的；被動語態(tài)的
• n. 被動語態(tài)

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。

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.

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

即使被動接受該政權(quán)也是一種通敵行為。

來自柯林斯例句

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，觀眾們已把她定型為這類角色。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He played a passive role in the relationship.

他在他們的關(guān)系中處于被動地位。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

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

盡管我努力,那男孩還是不起勁.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. We should translate this sentence in passive voice.

我們應(yīng)該用被動語態(tài)翻譯這個句子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》