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1. Oxford Dictionary

   passive

   • IPA[ˈpasɪv]

   英式

   • adj.
     accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance；denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them).
   • n.
     a passive form of a verb.；the passive voice.
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance the women were portrayed as passive victims 同義詞 submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, yielding, unassertive, ... 更多non-resistant, compliant, complaisant, pliant, resigned, obedient, docile, tractable, malleable, pliable, meek, subdued, deferential, forbearing, long-suffering, patient, lamblike, non-violent, supine, non-aggressive, archaicresistless反義詞 active, assertive
   • 2. denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them).
   • 3. (of a circuit or device) containing no source of electromotive force a passive optical network is to be installed in 2000 homes
   • ▪ (of radar or a satellite) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal passive sensors detect the emissions from enemy radar
   • ▪ (of a heating system) making use of incident sunlight as an energy source bananas can be grown at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone
   • 4. (of a metal) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a passive form of a verb.
   • ▪ the passive voice.