| 单词 | passivity |
| 释义 | passivity (once / 9563 pages) 1n 2n Passivity is allowing others to do things to you without complaining or pushing back. The baby-sitter's passivity led her charges to walk all over her. They stayed up all night and tied her to the chair, and all she said was, "Please stop misbehaving." You'd use the noun passivity to refer to the state of being passive — passivity applies to someone who accepts the actions or opinions of others without speaking up. Passivity can help you from getting into a fight but that same passivity can mean you might also get a black eye. WORD FAMILYpassivity: passivities+/passive: passively, passiveness, passives, passivism, passivity USAGE EXAMPLESOur ostentatious passivity is a primary cause of that darkening. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) “A lot of times this disease causes passivity, and we’re always looking for ways to combat that.” New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) South Carolina’s residents remained peaceful following the Scott shooting, but to nonchalant bureaucracy peace appears to be identical to passivity. The New Yorker(Dec 07, 2016) 1 n the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper passiveness apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torporinactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy inactiveness, inactivity, inertia a disposition to remain inactive or inert n submission to others or to outside influences Syn|Hyper passiveness submissiveness the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. |
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