1. | 消极的;被动的accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them |
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 |
2. | (动词形式)被动语态的connected with the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb, for exampleHe was bitten by a dog. is a passive sentence |