English-Thai Dictionary

passive

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี ปฏิกิริยา  ไม่ โต้แย้ง  sueng-mai-me-pa-ta-kri-ri-ya

 

passive

ADJ อยู่ เฉยๆ  เรื่อยๆ  ไม่ ดิ้นรน  inactive active yu-choi-choi

 

passively

ADV อย่างเฉื่อยๆ  อย่าง ไม่มี ปฏิกิริยา โต้ตอบ  indifferently quietly yang-chui

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PASSIVE

a.[L. passivus, from passus, patior, to suffer. ] 1. Suffering; not acting, receiving or capable of receiving impressions from external agents. We were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas.
God is not in any respect passive.
2. Unresisting; not opposing; receiving or suffering without resistance; as passive obedience; passive submission to the laws.
Passive verb, in grammar, is a verb which expresses passion, or the effect of an action of some agent; as in L. doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved and admired by her friends; he is assailed by slander.
Passive obedience, as used by writers on government, denotes not only quiet unresting submission to power, but implies the denial of the right of resistance, or the recognition of the duty to submit in all cases to the existing government.
Passive prayer, among mystic divines, is suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet and yielding only to the impulses of grace.
Passive commerce, trade in which the productions of a country are carried by foreigners in their own bottoms. [See Active commerce. ]

 

PASSIVELY

adv. With a passive nature or temper; with a temper disposed to submit to the acts of external agents, without resistance. 1. Without agency.
2. According to the form of the passive verb.

 

PASSIVENESS

n.Quality of receiving impressions from external agents or causes; as the passiveness of matter. 1. Passibility; capacity of suffering.
We shall lose our passiveness with our being.
2. Patience; calmness; unresisting submission.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PASSIVE

Pas "sive, a. Etym: [L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See Passion. ]

 

1. Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. The passive air Upbore their nimble tread. Milton. The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas. Locke.

 

2. Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. Massinger.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. Passive congestion (Med. ), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem. ), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then not easily acted upon by acids. -- Passive movement (Med. ), a movement of a part, in order to exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles which ordinarily move the part. -- Passive obedience (as used by writers on government ), obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government. -- Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. -- Passive verb, or Passive voice (Gram. ), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander.

 

Syn. -- Inactive; inert; quiescent; unresisting; unopposing; suffering; enduring; submissive; patient.

 

PASSIVE BALLOON; PASSIVE AEROPLANE

PASSIVE BALLOON; PASSIVE AEROPLANE Pas "sive bal *loon " or a "ër *o *plane.

 

Defn: One unprovided with motive power.

 

PASSIVE FLIGHT

PASSIVE FLIGHT Passive flight.

 

Defn: Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.

 

PASSIVELY

PASSIVELY Pas "sive *ly, adv.

 

1. In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.

 

2. As a passive verb; in the passive voice.

 

PASSIVENESS

PASSIVENESS Pas "sive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. J. Edwards.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

passive

pas sive |ˈpasiv ˈpæsɪv | ▶adjective 1 accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance: the women were portrayed as passive victims. • Chemistry (of a metal ) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide. • (of a circuit or device ) containing no source of electromotive force. • (of radar or a satellite ) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal. • relating to or denoting heating systems that make use of incident sunlight as an energy source. 2 Grammar denoting or relating to a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g., they were killed as opposed to he killed them ). The opposite of active. ▶noun Grammar a passive form of a verb. • (the passive ) the passive voice. DERIVATIVES pas sive ly adverb, pas sive ness noun, pas siv i ty |paˈsivitē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective, also in the sense ‘(exposed to ) suffering, acted on by an external agency ’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered, ’ from the verb pati .

 

passive-aggressive

pas sive-ag gres sive ▶adjective of or denoting a type of behavior or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation, as in procrastinating, pouting, or misplacing important materials.

 

passive immunity

pas sive im mu ni ty ▶noun Physiology the short-term immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal. Compare with active immunity.

 

passive matrix

pas sive ma trix ▶noun Electronics a display system in which individual pixels are selected using two control voltages for the row and column.

 

passive resistance

pas sive re sist ance |ˈpæsɪv rəˈzɪstəns | ▶noun nonviolent opposition to authority, esp. a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements: they called for protest in the form of passive resistance.

 

passive restraint

pas sive res traint ▶noun a car safety device that is activated by the force of a collision or other sudden stop and that aims to prevent injury to a passenger.

 

passive smoking

pas sive smok ing |ˈpæsɪv smoʊkɪŋ | ▶noun the involuntary inhaling of smoke from other people's cigarettes, cigars, or pipes: children are more susceptible to the effects of passive smoking.

 

Oxford Dictionary

passive

pas |sive |ˈpasɪv | ▶adjective 1 accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance: the women were portrayed as passive victims. 2 Grammar denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them ). The opposite of active. 3 (of a circuit or device ) containing no source of electromotive force. • (of radar or a satellite ) receiving or reflecting radiation from a transmitter or target rather than generating its own signal. • (of a heating system ) making use of incident sunlight as an energy source. 4 Chemistry (of a metal ) made unreactive by a thin inert surface layer of oxide. ▶noun Grammar a passive form of a verb. • (the passive ) the passive voice. DERIVATIVES passively adverb, passiveness noun, passivity |-ˈsɪvɪti |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective, also in the sense ‘(exposed to ) suffering, acted on by an external agency ’): from Latin passivus, from pass- ‘suffered ’, from the verb pati .

 

passive-aggressive

passive-aggressive ▶adjective of or denoting a type of behaviour or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation.

 

passive immunity

pas |sive im ¦mun |ity ▶noun [ mass noun ] Physiology the short-term immunity which results from the introduction of antibodies from another person or animal. Compare with active immunity.

 

passive matrix

pas |sive ma ¦trix ▶noun Electronics a display system in which individual pixels are selected using two control voltages for the row and column.

 

passive resistance

pas |sive re |sist |ance ▶noun [ mass noun ] non-violent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements.

 

passive restraint

pas sive res traint ▶noun a car safety device that is activated by the force of a collision or other sudden stop and that aims to prevent injury to a passenger.

 

passive smoking

pas |sive smok ¦ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the involuntary inhaling of smoke from other people's cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

passive

passive adjective 1 a passive role: inactive, nonactive, nonparticipative, uninvolved. 2 passive victims: submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, obedient, docile, tractable, malleable, pliable. ANTONYMS active, assertive. 3 the woman's face was passive: emotionless, impassive, unemotional, unmoved, dispassionate, passionless, detached, unresponsive, undemonstrative, apathetic, phlegmatic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

passive

passive adjective 1 he played only a passive role in the proceedings: inactive, non-active, non-participative, non-participating, uninvolved, dormant, quiescent, inert. 2 the women were portrayed as passive victims: submissive, acquiescent, unresisting, yielding, unassertive, non-resistant, compliant, complaisant, pliant, resigned, obedient, docile, tractable, malleable, pliable, meek, subdued, deferential, forbearing, long-suffering, patient, lamblike, non-violent, supine; non-aggressive; archaic resistless. ANTONYMS active, assertive. 3 the woman's face was passive: emotionless, impassive, indifferent, unemotional, unmoved, unconcerned, dispassionate, passionless, detached, unresponsive, undemonstrative, remote, aloof, calm, apathetic, phlegmatic, lifeless.

 

Duden Dictionary

Passiven

Pas si ven Pluralwort , die |Pass i ven |Plural von Passivum

 

French Dictionary

passivement

passivement adv. adverbe D ’une manière passive. : Ils attendent passivement une décision. ANTONYME activement .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

passive

pas sive /pǽsɪv /〖語源は 「苦しみ (passion )に耐える 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 ｟けなして ｠〈人 態度などが 〉受動的な , 受け身の , 消極的な (↔active ).2 〖名詞 の前で 〗無抵抗の 〈活動 〉; おとなしい , 危険のない 〈動物 〉.3 比較なし 〘文法 〙〈動詞 文が 〉受動態の , 受け身の (↔active ).4 〘化 〙不活性の ; 〈金属が 〉腐食しにくい .5 太陽熱利用の .6 〈衛星などが 〉反射用の , 受動の .名詞 C 〘文法 〙〖単数形で; the ～〗受け身形 , 受動態 (の文 )(passive voice )(→active ).～̀ res í stance 非暴力的抵抗 .～̀ restr á int (s ỳ stem )(エアバッグなどの )受動安全装置 .～̀ sm ó king 間接喫煙 〘他人が吐くタバコの煙を吸うこと 〙.～ly 副詞 受動的に .～ness 名詞