Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - passive
Passive
passive
adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally unreactive. 4 Gram. designating the voice in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. in they were killed). 5 (of a debt) incurring no interest payment. Phrases and idioms passive obedience 1 surrender to another's will without cooperation. 2 compliance with commands irrespective of their nature. passive resistance a non-violent refusal to cooperate. passive smoking the involuntary inhaling, esp. by a non-smoker, of smoke from others' cigarettes etc. Derivatives passively adv. passiveness n. passivity n. Etymology: ME f. OF passif -ive or L passivus (as PASSION)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. acted upon by an external agency, receptive to outside impressions or influences, b. asserting that the grammatical subject of a verb is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb , containing or yielding a ~ verb form, c. lacking in energy or will ; lethargic, tending not to take an active or dominant part, induced by an outside agency , 2. not active or operating ; inert, of, relating to, or making direct use of the sun's heat usually without the intervention of mechanical devices , latent, d. of, relating to, or characterized by a state of chemical inactivity, not involving expenditure of chemical energy , exhibiting no gain or control, relating to the detection of an object through its emission of energy or sound , 3. receiving or enduring without resistance ; submissive, existing or occurring without being active, open, or direct , of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not actively participate in the generation of income, see: inactive ~ly adverb ~ness noun passivity noun II. noun Date: 1530 a ~ verb form, the ~ voice of a language ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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