喜樂美語

You can picture someone standing at the receiving end of things: the action comes towards them, and they take it without pushing back. They are in the picture, but as the one things happen to, not as the one making things happen. Everything this word covers sits on that one arrangement — in daily life it describes a person who lets others decide, and in grammar it names the sentence shape that puts the receiver in the front seat.

可以想成一個站在「承受端」的人：事情朝他來，他接下來，但不推回去。他有在畫面裡，只是身分是「事情發生在他身上的那個」，而不是「讓事情發生的那個」。這個字的每一個用法都靠在同一個安排上——在生活裡，它講一個把決定權讓給別人的人；在文法裡，它命名那種把承受者放到主詞位置的句型。

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同家族的字

  • 名詞passivity
  • 副詞passively

複數 passives

意思相近

inactivethe passive voiceunresistingsubmissivecompliantdocile

意思相反

activethe activeassertivethe active voiceoutspoken

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

passiveadj/ˈpæs.ɪv/

  • 1

    Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

  • 2

    Taking no action.

    • He remained passive during the protest.
  • 3

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsBeing in the passive voice.

  • 4

    human-sciencespsychologysciencesBeing inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.

  • 5

    businessfinanceNot participating in management.

  • 6

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationWithout motive power.

    • a passive balloon
    • a passive aeroplane
  • 7

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityOf a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

  • 8

    Where allowance is made for a possible future event.

    • There would be a shuttle service of four trains an hour from Reading, where the rebuilt station also has passive provision for the trains.

passivenoun/ˈpæs.ɪv/

  • 1

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsThe passive voice of verbs.

  • 2

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

  • 3

    businessmarketingA customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.

    • If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors, passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future.
  • 4

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityAny component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

    • Reductions In Both Size And Weight Offered By Integrated Passives You may not know it yet, but if you're like most consumers, you want integrated passives.
    • The components include active devices such as logic, memory, processors, etc.; passives such as capacitors, resistors, crystal oscillators, inductances, etc.; […]
  • 5

    A thing whose worth decreases with time.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • passive attack

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