passive

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. 被動的[表不滿]
His passive attitude made things easier for me. 他的被動態度使我辦起事來容易多了。
2. passivelyADV 被動地
He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. 他被動地坐在那裡，心滿意足地等著他父親走第一步棋。
3. ADJ A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. 消極的[ADJ n]
They want less passive ways of filling their time. 他們需要不那麽消極的方式來打發時間。
4. ADJ Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways. 非暴力的[ADJ n]
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover. 他們聲明假若發生軍事接琯，他們衹採取非暴力觝抗行動。
5. N-SING 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 . 被動語態

the passive voice /mood
'Catrin told me' is an active sentence , and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive.
In a passive sentence , the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb .
'Was made' is a passive form of the verb 'make'.
Some verbs do not have a passive form .