Definitions

[1] adj. 消极的, 被动的, 冷漠的, 顺从的, 无源的

[2] [医] 被动的

[3] [经] 无利息的, 不活动的

[ 'pæsiv ]

1. Watching TV is a passive activity.
   看電視是一種被動的活動。
2. It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful.
   在Johnson的调查里，明确地证明了二手烟是很有害的。
3. He has a passive character.
   他的性格很消极。
4. Now Marina was a romantic, she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.
   玛丽娜现在仍是个浪漫的人，她还没有陷入消极的精神状态 -- 那是一种认为一个人必须找一个角落活着，不管哪儿，然后一生就回绕着那个角落的的精神状态。
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