passiveとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) enPR: păsʹ-ĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈpæs.ɪv/
• 韻: -æsɪv
• ハイフネーション: pas‧sive

形容詞

passive (comparative more passive, superlative most passive)

1. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
2. Taking no action.

   He remained passive during the protest.

3. (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
4. (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
5. (finance) Not participating in management.
6. (aviation) Without motive power.

   a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring

7. (electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

   Antonym: active

同意語

• inactive
• idle
• disinterested
• uninvolved

反意語

• active
• aggressive

派生語

関連する語

• passion
• passionate
• patience
• patient

名詞

passive (複数形 passives)

1. (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
2. (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
3. (marketing) A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
   • 2014, Roy Barnes, ‎Bob Kelleher, Customer Experience For Dummies (page 266)

     If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors, passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future.

4. (electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
   • 2001, The Virginia Engineer (volume 50, page 20)

     Reductions In Both Size And Weight Offered By Integrated Passives
     You may not know it yet, but if you're like most consumers, you want integrated passives.

   • 2010, Sridhar Canumalla, ‎Puligandla Viswanadham, Portable Consumer Electronics: Packaging, Materials, and Reliability

     The components include active devices such as logic, memory, processors, etc.; passives such as capacitors, resistors, crystal oscillators, inductances, etc.; […]

Further reading

• passive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• passive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• pavises