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

 

passivism

N ความ ไม่ รุนแรง  ความ นิ่งเฉย 

 

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.

 

PASSIVITY

n.Passiveness, which see. [Little used. ] 1. The tendency of a body to persevere in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body.

 

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.

 

PASSIVITY

Pas *siv "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. passivité. ]

 

1. Passiveness; -- opposed to activity. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. (Physics )

 

Defn: The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia. Cheyne.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

passivate

pas si vate |ˈpasəˌvāt ˈpæsəveɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. passivated ) make (a metal or other substance ) unreactive by altering the surface layer or coating the surface with a thin inert layer: components are made from passivated and anodized aluminum. • Electronics coat (a semiconductor ) with inert material to protect it from contamination. DERIVATIVES pas si va tion |ˌpasəˈvāSHən |noun

 

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.

 

passivize

pas siv ize |ˈpasəˌvīz ˈpæsɪvaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Grammar convert (a verb or clause ) into the passive form: a sentence that has been passivized. • [ no obj. ] (of a verb or clause ) be convertible in this way: transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize. DERIVATIVES pas siv iz a ble |-əbəl |adjective, pas siv i za tion |ˌpasəvəˈzāSHən |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

passivate

passivate |ˈpasɪveɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. as adj. passivated ) make (a metal or other substance ) unreactive by altering the surface layer or coating the surface with a thin inert layer. • Electronics coat (a semiconductor ) with inert material to protect it from contamination. DERIVATIVES passivation |-ˈveɪʃ (ə )n |noun

 

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.

 

passivize

passivize |ˈpasɪvʌɪz |(also passivise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] Grammar convert (a verb or clause ) into the passive form. DERIVATIVES passivization |-ˈzɛɪʃ (ə )n |noun

 

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

passiv

pas siv Adjektiv |p a ssiv auch …ˈsiːf |wohl unter Einfluss von französisch passif < lateinisch passivus = duldend, empfindsam, zu: pati, Passion 1 a von sich aus nicht die Initiative ergreifend und sich abwartend verhaltend, die Dinge an sich herankommen lassend, nicht tätig, rührig, zielstrebig, nicht tatkräftig oder unternehmungslustig er ist eine völlig passive Natur b nicht selbst in einer Sache tätig, sie nicht ausübend, sie erduldend; etwas mit sich geschehen lassend, auf sich einwirken lassend er wollte bei der Diskussion kein passiver Teilnehmer sein | passiver Raucher Nichtraucher, der den Tabakrauch anwesender rauchender Personen einatmet | Politik passives Wahlrecht das Recht, gewählt zu werden | passiver Widerstand Widerstand durch Nichtbefolgung ohne Anwendung von Gewalt | passiver Wortschatz Wortschatz, den ein Hörer oder Leser zwar versteht, aber nicht selbst verwendet c durch Einwirkungen von außen gekennzeichnet, beeinflusst; unter Einwirkung von außen funktionierend dieses Übungsgerät bietet die Möglichkeit des passiven Turnens 2 als Mitglied einer Vereinigung, einer Sportgemeinschaft nicht aktiv an dem, was diese Vereinigung gestaltet, durchführt, an Training oder Wettkämpfen o. Ä., teilnehmend 3 Sprachwissenschaft selten passivisch

 

Passiv

Pas siv Substantiv, Neutrum Sprachwissenschaft , das |P a ssiv |das Passiv; Genitiv: des Passivs, Plural: die Passive Plural selten lateinisch (genus ) passivum Verhaltensrichtung des Verbs, die von der im Satzgegenstand genannten Person oder Sache her gesehen wird, die von einer Handlung betroffen wird; Leideform z. B. der Hund wird [von Fritz ] geschlagen

 

Passiva

Pas si va |Pass i va |Plural von Passivum , Passivum

 

Passivbewaffnung

Pas siv be waff nung Substantiv, feminin , die |P a ssivbewaffnung |das Tragen von Schutzhelm, kugelsicherer Weste o. Ä. zum Schutz gegen Gewalteinwirkung von außen (z. B. bei Demonstrationen )

 

Passivbildung

Pas siv bil dung Substantiv, feminin Sprachwissenschaft , die |P a ssivbildung |Bildung der Passivformen (im Rahmen der Konjugation )

 

Passiven

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

 

Passivgeschäft

Pas siv ge schäft Substantiv, Neutrum Bankwesen , das |P a ssivgeschäft |Bankgeschäft, bei dem sich die Bank Geld beschafft, um Kredite gewähren zu können

 

Passivhandel

Pas siv han del Substantiv, maskulin Kaufmannssprache , der |P a ssivhandel |

 

Passivhaus

Pas siv haus Substantiv, Neutrum , das |P a ssivhaus |Haus, dessen Energiebedarf weitgehend durch die Sonneneinstrahlung und die Wärmeabgabe der darin befindlichen Geräte und Personen gedeckt wird

 

passivieren

pas si vie ren schwaches Verb |passiv ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 1 Kaufmannssprache Verbindlichkeiten aller Art auf der Passivseite der Bilanz erfassen und ausweisen 2 Chemie unedle Metalle in den Zustand der chemischen Passivität 2 überführen (und sie dadurch korrosionsbeständiger machen )

 

passivisch

pas si visch Adjektiv Sprachwissenschaft |pass i visch auch ˈpas …|das Passiv betreffend; im Passiv stehend

 

Passivismus

Pas si vis mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Passiv i smus |der Passivismus; Genitiv: des Passivismus passive Haltung; Verzicht auf Aktivität

 

Passivität

Pas si vi tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Passivit ä t |die Passivität; Genitiv: der Passivität französisch passivité 1 passives Verhalten 2 Chemie (bei unedlen Metallen ) herabgesetzte Reaktionsfähigkeit

 

Passivlegitimation

Pas siv le gi ti ma ti on Substantiv, feminin Rechtssprache , die |P a ssivlegitimation |im Zivilprozess sachliche Befugnis der beklagten Person, ihre Rechte geltend zu machen

 

Passivmasse

Pas siv mas se Substantiv, feminin , die |P a ssivmasse |Schuldenmasse [im Konkurs ]

 

Passivposten

Pas siv pos ten Substantiv, maskulin Kaufmannssprache , der |P a ssivposten |auf der Passivseite der Bilanz aufgeführter Posten 3b

 

Passivprozess

Pas siv pro zess Substantiv, maskulin Rechtswissenschaft , der |P a ssivprozess |der Passivprozess; Genitiv: des Passivprozesses, Plural: die Passivprozesse Prozess, in dem jemand als Beklagter auftritt; Gegensatz Aktivprozess

 

Passivrauchen

Pas siv rau chen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |P a ssivrauchen |das Passivrauchen; Genitiv: des Passivrauchens Einatmen von Tabakrauch, der durch Rauchen anderer Personen verursacht wird

 

Passivsaldo

Pas siv sal do Substantiv, maskulin , der |P a ssivsaldo |Verlustvortrag

 

Passivseite

Pas siv sei te Substantiv, feminin Kaufmannssprache , die |P a ssivseite |rechte Seite einer Bilanz, auf der Eigenkapital 1 und Fremdkapital aufgeführt sind

 

Passivum

Pas si vum Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das |Pass i vum |das Passivum; Genitiv: des Passivums, Plural: die Passiva und , besonders österreichisch, Passiven meist im Plural substantiviertes Neutrum von lateinisch passivus, passiv auf der Passivseite der Bilanz eines Unternehmens stehender Wert aus Eigenkapital 1 oder Fremdkapital ; Schuld, Verbindlichkeit

 

Passivzinsen

Pas siv zin sen Pluralwort , die |P a ssivzinsen |die Passivzinsen (Plural ) Zinsen, die ein Unternehmen zu zahlen hat; Gegensatz Aktivzinsen

 

French Dictionary

passivement

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

 

passivité

passivité n. f. nom féminin État de celui ou de ce qui est passif, amorphe, sans initiative.

 

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

 

passivity

pas siv i ty /pæsɪ́vəti /名詞 U ｟けなして ｠消極的態度 ; 無抵抗な様子 .

 

passivize

pas siv ize /pǽsɪvàɪz /動詞 他動詞 〘文法 〙〈動詞 句 〉を受動態にする .自動詞 〘文法 〙〈動詞 句が 〉受動態になる .