passive
adjective#14,102
Translations
- パッシブパッシブ
- 受動的じゅどうてき
- 消極しょうきょく
- 消極的しょうきょくてき
English definition
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
Examples
- Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
- How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?