passively meaning in Deutsch | English Dictionary

📖 Definitionen

adverb
passiv; passiv; passiv; fügsam, unterwürfig; im Passiv; passiv; Passive Immunisierung

EN: In a passive manner; without active response, resistance, or participation; accepting or allowing what happens without taking action.; In a way that does not involve active effort or engagement; in an inactive or non-participatory manner.; In a manner that involves receiving or absorbing something rather than producing or initiating it, as in passive listening or passive income.; In a submissive or yielding manner; without asserting oneself or resisting authority.; In a grammatical sense, in the passive voice, where the subject receives the action of the verb rather than performing it.; In electronics or physics, in a manner that does not require an external power source or active component to function.; In medicine, in a manner that relies on the body's own immune response rather than on externally introduced antibodies or agents.

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Wortformen

Kollokationen

passively acceptpassively resistpassively observepassively involvedpassively wait

Ableitungen

passivepassivenesspassivitypassivatepassivation

Synonyme

inactivelysubmissivelydocilelyunresistinglyacquiescently

Antonyme

activelyaggressivelyassertively

Häufig verwechselt

patiently

EN: 'Patiently' implies calm endurance while waiting; 'passively' implies lack of action or resistance, often with a negative connotation of not engaging.

de: 'Patiently' impliziert ruhiges Aushalten beim Warten; 'passively' impliziert mangelnde Handlung oder Widerstand, oft mit einer negativen Konnotation des Nicht-Engagierens.

Rechtschreibtipps

EN: Remember the double 's' in 'passively' and the '-ively' ending (not '-ively' vs '-ivly').

de: Denken Sie an das doppelte 's' in 'passively' und die Endung '-ively' (nicht '-ively' vs '-ivly').

💬 Beispiele

She passively accepted the decision without raising any objections.

Sie akzeptierte die Entscheidung passiv, ohne Einwände zu erheben.
He passively watched television for hours instead of going outside.

Er sah stundenlang passiv fern, anstatt nach draußen zu gehen.
The students passively listened to the lecture without taking notes.

Die Schüler hörten der Vorlesung passiv zu, ohne Notizen zu machen.
The prisoners passively obeyed the guards' commands.

Die Gefangenen gehorchten passiv den Befehlen der Wärter.
The sentence was constructed passively, with the object placed in the subject position.

Der Satz wurde passiv konstruiert, wobei das Objekt an die Subjektposition gesetzt wurde.
The sensor passively detects infrared radiation emitted by objects.

Der Sensor detektiert passiv die von Objekten emittierte Infrarotstrahlung.
The infant was passively immunized through antibodies transferred from the mother's milk.

Das Säugling wurde durch übertragene Antikörper aus der Muttermilch passiv immunisiert.