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passive resistance

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American soundpassive resistance
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passive - resistance -> passive resistance

Myanmar meaning

(n) အနုနည်းဖြင့်တော်လှန်ခြင်း။

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passive /'pæsÇv/ adj

၁။ ပြုသမျှနုသော။ မလှုပ်မယှက်နေသော။ မတုန်မလှုပ်သော။ play a passive role in a marriage ❍ a passive observer of events ❍ passive obedience/acceptance ❍ His passive face concealed a deep anger.
၂။ (grammar ) ကမ္မကာရက (ကြိယာ၊ ကြိယာပုဒ်စု၊ ဝါကျပုံစံ)။ သာဓကအားဖြင့်- Her leg was broken နှင့် He was bitten by a dog. Compare ACTIVE
n (also passive voice ) [sing] (grammar ) ကမ္မကာရက ကြိယာ၊ ပုဒ်စု၊ ဝါကျ။ In the sentence ‘He was seen there’, ‘was seen’ is in the passive. Compare active n
❏ passively adv မတုန်မလှုပ်။ မလှုပ်မယှက်။ တုဏှိဘော။
❏ passiveness (also passivity /pæ'sÇvǝti/) n [U] မတုန်မလှုပ်ခြင်း။
❏ passive resistance n [U] အနုနည်းဖြင့် တော်လှန်ခြင်း။
❏ passive smoking n [U] ဆေးလိပ်မသောက်ဘဲ ဝန်းကျင်ဆေးလိပ်သောက်သူတို့၏ဆေးလိပ်ငွေ့များကို ရှူရှိုက်ရခြင်း။

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  • A helpless and passive victim
  • Watching television is a relatively passive activity.
Synonyms
inert, inactive, unreceptive, submissive, reflexive, reactive, flaccid, acquiescent, apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, flat, forbearing, going through motions, hands off, idle, impassive, indifferent, laid-back, latent, lifeless, long-suffering, moony, motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, poker-faced, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, tractable, unassertive, unflappable, uninvolved, unresisting, unresponsive, walking through it, yielding
Antonyms
active, agitated, caring, concerned, dynamic, impatient, interested, lively
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inertinactiveunreceptivesubmissivereflexivereactiveflaccidacquiescentapatheticasleepbearingcompliantcooldocileenduringflatforbearinggoing through motionshands offidleimpassiveindifferentlaid-backlatentlifelesslong-sufferingmoonymotionless
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