English-Czech translations for passive

• pasivní
  Příliš dlouho jsme zaujímali pasivní postoj. For too long we have adopted a passive attitude.
  Evropa nebyla pasivním divákem. Europe was not a passive observer.
  Chci to ještě jednou zopakovat; jedná se o pasivní marketing. I want to say this once again; this is passive marketing.
• trpný

Definition of passive

• Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction
• Being in the passive voice
• Not participating in management
• Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain
• The passive voice of verbs
• A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth
• Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain

Examples

• He remained passive during the protest.
• a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring

Related words

• passive-aggressive
• impassive
• mediopassive
• passively
• impassively
• passiveness
• impassiveness
• antipassive
• passive voice