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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
passive
passive UK US [ˈpæs.ɪv] adjective BEHAVIOUR 1. often disapproving not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control • He's very passive in the relationship. • Men have always played an active part in leading worship while women have been confined to more passive roles. See also impassive Thesaurus+: ↑Passive and not working • the passive voice/mood • 'Catrin told me' is an active sentence, and 'I was told by Catrin' is passive. • In a passive sentence, the subject is the person or thing affected by the action of the verb. • 'Was made' is a passive form of the verb 'make'. • Some verbs do not have a passive form. GRAMMAR 2. specialized of the form of a verb used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing which experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing which causes the effect • 'He was released from prison' is a passive sentence. Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs Derived: passively noun only singular specialized the passive <I > a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the person or thing which experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing which causes the effect • When changed into the passive, 'The dog chased the cat' becomes 'The cat was chased by the dog'. Compare active Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs
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