accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them 消极的；被动的 He played a passive role in the relationship. 他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。 a passive observer of events 列席观察员 She wore a passive expression on her face as if she didn’t care what happened. 她脸上带着被动的表情，好像不在乎发生了什么。
Extra ExamplesWatching TV is a completely passive activity. 看电视是一种完全被动的活动。 We are passive recipients of information from the world around us. 我们被动地接收周围世界的信息。
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grammar 语法 connected with the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb, for example He was bitten by a dog. （动词形式）被动语态的
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2), also in the sense ‘(exposed to) suffering, acted on by an external agency’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered’, from the verb pati.