passive

معنی کلمه passive

معنی واژه passive

معنیمنفعل
انفعالی، مفعول، تاثر پذیر، تابع، بیحال، دستخوش عامل خارجی، غیر فعال، مطیع وتسلیم، کنش پذیر
[الکترونیک]: غیر فعال

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"