Passive

(adj.) lacking in energy or will; 'Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself'- George Meredith .

(adj.) expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; 'academics seem to favor passive sentences' .

(adj.) peacefully resistant in response to injustice; 'passive resistance' .

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• It is, however, a passive face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mrs. Bretton, though a commanding, and in grave matters even a peremptory woman, was often passive in trifles: she allowed the child her way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The more passive the mind is, the more truly objects will impress themselves upon it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I had feelings: passive as I lived, little as I spoke, cold as I looked, when I thought of past days, I _could_ feel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You sit quietly where I have placed you, and regard me with a weary, passive look. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There could be no harm in a scheme, a mere passive scheme. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Yes, in a passive way: I make no effort; I follow as inclination guides me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She used to be pliability itself, but she was now inflexibly passive in her resignation--I might almost say in her despair. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was a diligent but, as was natural, considering the character of his early education, by no means a passive student. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Can you leave them, gentlemen, without at least rendering them the passive succor which remaining here a few days longer might insure them? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He seized her passive hand, and the watering-pot fell to the ground as he pressed it to his lips. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Gudrun was very beautiful, passive, soft-skinned, soft-limbed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A curious passive inattention had such possession of her, that the presence of her little sister in the room did not attract her notice for some time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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