passivizev.

Brit.

/ˈpasᵻvʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈpæsəˌvaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– passivise, 1900s– passivize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: passive adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < passive adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier passivify v., and also passivate v. With sense 2 compare passivization n.

1. transitive. Manufacturing Technology = passivate v. 1. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > protect metal with coating

enamelc1400

passivize1910

passivate1913

Parkerize1922

bonderize1938

Barff1951

metallide1967

1910 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 14 731 When the current is interrupted after the anode has been passivized, the potential of the anode rises slowly.

1914 Trans. Faraday Soc. 9 279 One of the slabs was ‘passivized’ and then allowed to regain its normal state.

1983 Automatic Welding Sept. 36/1 The porous surface layers are entirely removed and the surface of the metal is passivised with fine unhydrated aluminium oxides.

2. Grammar.

a. intransitive. To be capable of conversion to the passive voice.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > voice > have voice [verb (intransitive)] > convert into passive

passivize1965

1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax 229 Such sentences as ‘John strikes me as pompous’, ‘his remarks impress me as unintelligible’ do not passivize.

1977 Verbatim Feb. 10/1 Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not the bucket was kicked by the cowboy).

1984 Amer. Speech 59 101 We..listed approximately a thousand of the most common transitive English verbs which passivize readily.

b. transitive. To convert to the passive voice.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > voice > form voice [verb (transitive)] > convert into passive

passivize1972

1972 R. A. Palmatier Gloss. Eng. Transformational Gram. 120 The application of the passive transformation, by which the sentence is said to have been passivized.

1992 M. Baker In Other Words (BNC) 107 Events which we would never passivize in English because they involve only one person and therefore cannot ‘logically’ be passivized.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Feb. 35/2 So you can passivize sentences with ‘loves’, ‘sees’, ‘hits’, and ‘desires’ but you can't turn sentences into the passive voice with ‘weighs’ and ‘resembles’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passivize
释义	passivizev. Brit. /ˈpasᵻvʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpæsəˌvaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– passivise, 1900s– passivize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: passive adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < passive adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier passivify v., and also passivate v. With sense 2 compare passivization n. 1. transitive. Manufacturing Technology = passivate v. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > protect metal with coating enamelc1400 passivize1910 passivate1913 Parkerize1922 bonderize1938 Barff1951 metallide1967 1910 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 14 731 When the current is interrupted after the anode has been passivized, the potential of the anode rises slowly. 1914 Trans. Faraday Soc. 9 279 One of the slabs was ‘passivized’ and then allowed to regain its normal state. 1983 Automatic Welding Sept. 36/1 The porous surface layers are entirely removed and the surface of the metal is passivised with fine unhydrated aluminium oxides. 2. Grammar. a. intransitive. To be capable of conversion to the passive voice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > voice > have voice [verb (intransitive)] > convert into passive passivize1965 1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax 229 Such sentences as ‘John strikes me as pompous’, ‘his remarks impress me as unintelligible’ do not passivize. 1977 Verbatim Feb. 10/1 Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). 1984 Amer. Speech 59 101 We..listed approximately a thousand of the most common transitive English verbs which passivize readily. b. transitive. To convert to the passive voice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > voice > form voice [verb (transitive)] > convert into passive passivize1972 1972 R. A. Palmatier Gloss. Eng. Transformational Gram. 120 The application of the passive transformation, by which the sentence is said to have been passivized. 1992 M. Baker In Other Words (BNC) 107 Events which we would never passivize in English because they involve only one person and therefore cannot ‘logically’ be passivized. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Feb. 35/2 So you can passivize sentences with ‘loves’, ‘sees’, ‘hits’, and ‘desires’ but you can't turn sentences into the passive voice with ‘weighs’ and ‘resembles’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1910
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