accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them
He played a passive role in the relationship.
他在他们的关系中处于被动地位。
a passive observer of events
列席观察员
2、(grammar 语法) (动词形式)被动语态的
connected with the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb, for example He was bitten by a dog is a passive sentence.