passive
英 ['p?s?v]
美['p?s?v]
- adj. 被動的，消極的；被動語態的
- n. 被動語態
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詞態變化
復數:?passives;比較級:?more passive;最高級:?most passive;副詞:?passively;
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。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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.
- 他在他們的關系中處于被動地位。
來自《權威詞典》
- 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《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. We should translate this sentence in passive voice.
- 我們應該用被動語態翻譯這個句子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》