passive是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control -- 被動的，消極的；順從的

  • He's very passive in the relationship. 他在這段關係中非常被動。

  • Traditionally in many professions women have been confined to more passive roles. 傳統上女性在許多行業都被限制於扮演一個被動的角色。

• 1 The passive form of a verb is being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect. -- 被動語態的

  • 'He was released from prison' is a passive sentence. He was released from prison 是個被動句。

  • In the sentence "He was hit by the ball", "was hit" is in the passive voice. He was hit by the ball這句話中was hit是被動式。

• 2 the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect -- 被動語態

  • When changed into the passive, "The dog chased the cat" becomes "The cat was chased by the dog". The dog chased the cat 變成被動句後，為 The cat was chased by the dog.