passive

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them. 被动的[表不满]
His passive attitude made things easier for me. 他的被动态度使我办起事来容易多了。
2. passivelyADV 被动地
He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move. 他被动地坐在那里，心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。
3. ADJ A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things. 消极的[ADJ n]
They want less passive ways of filling their time. 他们需要不那么消极的方式来打发时间。
4. ADJ Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways. 非暴力的[ADJ n]
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover. 他们声明假若发生军事接管，他们只采取非暴力抵抗行动。
5. N-SING 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 . 被动语态

the passive voice /mood
'Catrin told me' is an active sentence , and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive.
In a passive sentence , the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb .
'Was made' is a passive form of the verb 'make'.
Some verbs do not have a passive form .