英 [pæˈsɪvəti] 美 [pæˈsɪvəti]
n. 被动性；被动结构；无抵抗
the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
同义词： passiveness
submission to others or to outside influences
同义词： passiveness
（四） 被动性 （ Passivity ）：非由自己意志可以安排或把握，并且出现时，感觉自己被更高的力量所控制。
... passive被动的 passivity被动；钝性；无源性；不活动性 passometer计步器 ...
He calls it captainitis because, he says, "crew members of multi-pilot aircraft exhibit a sometimes deadly passivity when the flight captain makes a clearly wrong-headed decision".
他称其为“机长综合症”，他说是因为“当机长做出一个明显错误的决定时，有多个飞行员的飞机上的机组人员有时会表现出致命的被动性”。
That passivity is almost certainly temporary.
但是几乎可以确定它的这种安静是暂时的。
Yet a destructive passivity has overtaken our discourse.
然而，一种破坏性的被动占据了我们的话语。
There's a danger, I think, that endless tolerance leads to intellectual passivity and the kind of uncritical acceptance of all points of view.
这会是一场危机，无止境的容忍会导致理智的被动,及无批判能力地,接受所有的观点。
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"This is a significant and dramatic indicator of the Obama administration's passivity, " said Sen.
In recent years, corporate governance advocates have pushed for reforms to combat this passivity.
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The side-effect was to expunge first the liberals and then reduce the moderates to passivity.
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