passive

passif

Qui accepte ce qui arrive sans chercher à le changer ni prendre d’initiative.

En anglais simple : Accepting what happens without trying to change it or do anything yourself.

• She remained passive during the argument.
• Watching television can be a passive activity.
• Why do they take such a passive role in these meetings?

Synonymes : inactive, unresponsive

Contraires : active

Expressions courantes : passive role, remain passive, passive observer, passive attitude

passif

En grammaire, se dit d’une construction où le sujet subit l’action au lieu de la faire.

En anglais simple : In grammar, describing a sentence whose subject receives the action instead of doing it.

• This sentence is passive.
• We learned about passive verbs today.
• Can you change that clause into the passive voice?

Contraires : active

Expressions courantes : passive voice, passive clause, passive verb, passive construction