passive
01
passiv, undergiven
accepting what happens or not opposing what other people do or say
Exempel
I had been passive about the situation until it became impossible to ignore.
Jag hade varit passiv inför situationen tills det blev omöjligt att ignorera.
02
passiv
(grammar) describing a verb whose subject is affected by the action of the verb
Exempel
She preferred to use passive constructions in her writing to emphasize the action rather than the subject.
Hon föredrog att använda passiva konstruktioner i sitt skrivande för att betona handlingen snarare än subjektet.
03
(of a circuit or device) not generating energy and lacking an internal source of electromotive force
Exempel
Capacitors and inductors are passive elements.
Passive
01
the grammatical voice in which the subject receives the action rather than performing it
Exempel
Linguists compare the active and the passive.
Lexikalt Träd
impassive
passively
passiveness
passive
