passive
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['pæsɪvˈpæsɪv]
- 美式音标 [ˈpæs.ɪv]
- 国际音标 ['pæsiv]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 被动的，消极的；被动语态的
- n. 被动语态
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的passif，意为受苦；最初源自拉丁语的passivus，意为能受苦。
词根记忆
- pass(感觉) + ive(…的)→没感觉的→被动的，消极的
- pass(感情) + ive(形容词后缀)→感情用事的→被动的，消极的
- pass(看作passi，感情) + ive(…的)→感情用事的→被动的
- pass(感情) + ive(…的)→感情用事的→被动的；消极的
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- passively：被动地；顺从地。
- n性质的同根词
- passivation：[化学]钝化；钝化处理。
- passivity：被动性；被动结构；无抵抗。
- passiveness：被动；顺从。
- passivism：消极主义；被动性。
英汉例句
- He has a passive disposition.
他个性消极。 - His response was passive.
他的反应是被动的。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
词组短语
- passive observer 冷漠的旁观者
- passive operation 消极作战
- passive position 被动位置
- passive resistance 消极抵抗
- passive voice [语]被动态，被动式
- remain passive 仍然消极
- passive transport [细胞]被动运输;[生理]被动转运;被动输运;被动扩散
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
动词+～
短语
英英字典
- (BEHAVIOUR) not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control
- (GRAMMAR) The passive form of a verb is being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect.
- the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect
- If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.
- passively
- A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.
- Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways.
- In grammar, the passive or the passive voice is formed using "be" and the past participle of a verb. The subject of a passive clause does not perform the action expressed by the verb but is affected by it. For example, in "He's been murdered," the verb is in the passive. Compare .