passives

With its treacly plot and its simpering, passive heroine, it refused to acknowledge that society – and, for that matter, Disney cartoons – had moved on in the intervening decades.

这部电影的情节如糖似蜜，女主角性格被动，只会傻笑，完全无视过去几十年来社会（包括迪士尼动画在内）已经向前走了很远。

Replying "k" in morse "-.-", has the same passive aggressive tone.

用“k”（“哦，嗯”）的摩斯电码“-.-”来回复消息，可以达到同样的冷漠挑衅效果。-10-

The enemy were thus reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.

敌人于是就陷入了欲罢不能,而又不得不罢的被动地位.

The use of passive voice is constrained by many factors.

英语中被动语态的使用受到诸多因素的制约。

They spotted3 a third fewer cases of dementia among people who had engaging jobs which involved demanding tasks and more control — such as solicitors4 and doctors, compared to adults in 'passive' roles — such as cashiers.

他们发现，与收银员等被动型职业相比，律师、医生等要求高、自主性也更强的从业者患痴呆症的比例少三分之一。

Campaigners handed out leaflets on passive smoking.

活动人士派发了有关被动吸烟的宣传页。

One k short of being offensive, one too many ks to be passive aggressive...

一个”k”还算不上冒犯，但太多”kkkkk……”（“行行行行行……”）就有冷漠挑衅的意味了。-11-

Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive.

为什么?非消费活动是主动的,而不是被动的。

A false step and the whole game becomes passive.

一着失算，全盘被动。

We mustn't be passive.

咱们不能采取消极的态度。

They want less passive ways of filling their time.

他们想找些更为积极的方式来打发时间。

They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.

他们声明一旦发生军事接管，他们只会采取非暴力抵抗。

Passive smoking can be deadly too

被动吸烟也可能会致命。

Legacy totally passive. Legacy media is also slang for Web sites that use outdated technology or presentation styles. It's the opposite of new media.

Legacy media有时也用来指代那些使用过时技术或展现风格的网站，是与新媒体相对的媒体形式。

Sometimes also referred to as "wearable robots", they can be battery-powered and computer-operated, incorporating motors and hydraulics. Or they can be more simple, passive designs that use springs and dampeners.

外骨骼有时也被称为“可穿戴机器人”，有的靠电池供电、电脑操作，包含发动机和液压装置，也有比较简单的运用弹簧和减震器的被动式设计。

Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.

杰里米的消极态度令人费解。

After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change--a state they called learned helplessness.

研究人员发现，在这样的经历后，即使一只动物能够对改变施加影响，它也会保持被动——这就是他们所谓的习得性无助。

It's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.

不幸的事实是，儿童是被动吸烟的最大受害者。

The Use and Translation of Passives in News English Text

新闻英语语篇中被动语态的使用及其汉译

Passive smoking can be hazardous to health.

被动吸烟会有害健康。

The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.

正常词序在被动句中是颠倒的。

Blind children tend to be more passive in this area of motor development than sighted children.

失明的孩子在动作发展的这一方面往往比不失明的孩子更加被动。

His passive attitude made things easier for me

他顺从的态度让我做起事来要轻松些。

"I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says.

“我通过被动的方式得到了更多的反馈”他说。

The passive attitude we have to climate change as individuals can be altered by counting us in — and measuring us against — our peer group.

作为个体,我们对气候变化的消极态度可以通过和同龄人群体进行对比来加以纠正。

Even passive acceptance of the regime was a kind of collaboration.

即使被动接受该政权也是一种通敌行为。

Non-stimulating 'passive' occupations included those with low demands and little decision-making power.

不能刺激认知的“被动型”职业包含那些要求低、缺乏自主权的工作。

Meanwhile, Education evaluation has also some passive influence.

同时，教育评估也存在一些负面影响。

Research on Multiple Access Technology for Ethernet Passive Optical Network

以太无源光网络多址接入技术研究

He has a passive expression on his face.

他脸上有一种漠然的表情.