passive
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 ['p?s?v?p?s?v]
- 美式音標 [?p?s.?v]
- 國際音標 ['p?siv]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 被動的，消極的；被動語態(tài)的
- n. 被動語態(tài)
詞源解說
- 14世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的passif，意爲受苦；最初源自拉丁語的passivus，意爲能受苦。
詞根記憶
- pass(感覺) + ive(…的)→沒感覺的→被動的，消極的
- pass(感情) + ive(形容詞後綴)→感情用事的→被動的，消極的
- pass(看作passi，感情) + ive(…的)→感情用事的→被動的
- pass(感情) + ive(…的)→感情用事的→被動的；消極的
同根派生
- adv性質的同根詞
- passively：被動地；順從地。
- n性質的同根詞
- passivation：[化學]鈍化；鈍化処理。
- passivity：被動性；被動結搆；無觝抗。
- passiveness：被動；順從。
- passivism：消極主義；被動性。
英漢例句
- He has a passive disposition.
他個性消極。 - His response was passive.
他的反應是被動的。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作表語: S+be+～
詞組短語
- passive observer 冷漠的旁觀者
- passive operation 消極作戰(zhàn)
- passive position 被動位置
- passive resistance 消極觝抗
- passive voice [語]被動態(tài)，被動式
- remain passive 仍然消極
- passive transport [細胞]被動運輸;[生理]被動轉運;被動輸運;被動擴散
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
動詞+～
短語
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 .