passive   (Sound)

The passive has 4 Senses.

• passive voice, passive
• 受動態, 受身形
• 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; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
• 動詞の主語が、その動詞が示す動作を（起こす側ではなく）受ける側であるときに使われる態

• inactive, passive
• 受動的, 不活溌, 消極的, ネガティヴ, パッシブ, ネガチブ, ネガティブ, 不活発, パッシーブ
• lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
• 行動力または意志が欠けている

• peaceful, passive
• 平和的, 消極的
• peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance"
• 不公平に対する穏やかな抵抗

• passive
• expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"
• 文の主語が動詞によって意味される行動の受動者であることを表すさま