英和和英

読み方 しょうきょくてき

形容詞相当語句

Negative; passive; destructive; conservative

用例

• 積極的と消極的
  positive and negative―active and passive―constructive and destructive―progressive and conservative

• 「己の欲する処を人に施せ」という西洋の金言は積極的の教訓、「己の欲せざる処を人に施すなかれ」という支那の金言は消極的の教訓である
  The Western maxim―“Do to others as you would have others do to you”―is a positive precept; while the Chinese maxim―“Do not do to others what you would not have others do to you”―is a negative precept.
• それからは消極的の態度を捨てて積極的の態度を取った
  Then I gave up my passive attitude for an active one.
• Locke の哲学は積極的、Hume の哲学は消極的である
  Locke's philosophy is constructive, while Hume's philosophy is destructive.
• 彼は積極的の性質だが弟は消極的だ
  He is of progressive character while his brother is of conservative character.
• 消極的に生活するのは本当の生活ではない
  To live negatively―on negative lines―is not to live truly.
• 中庸は消極的の徳である
  Moderation is a negative virtue.
• 彼のすることはすべて消極的だ
  All his actions are of a conservative tendency.
• 彼の商売ぶりは極めて消極的だ
  His business method is marked by the absence of initiative.