transcription, транскрипция: [ pæsɪv ]
1.
If you describe someone as passive , you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.
His passive attitude made things easier for me...
≠ active
ADJ [ disapproval ]
• pas‧sive‧ly
He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.
ADV : usu ADV with v
• pas‧sivi‧ty
...the passivity of the public under the military occupation.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.
They want less passive ways of filling their time.
≠ active
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not co-operating with them and protesting in non-violent ways.
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
≠ active
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
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 active .
N-SING : the N