我去那里工作之前，我认识的很多人对生活都抱着消极被动的态度。

Before I started working there, most people I know had passive, negative orientations toward life.

youdao

如果你能认识到，即便自己不发一言，你也并非在扮演被动的角色，那么，你所提到的那种恐慌感便会减少甚至消失。

The sense of panic you mention could be diminished, or dispelled, if you recognize thateven if you're not saying a word, your role here isn't a passive one.

youdao

要提高成绩，你必须认识到，好成绩不是现成摆在那儿等着你去被动地接受，而是需要你不懈地努力去获取。

To improve your achievements, you have to get the feeling that better marks are not just out there for you to accept them passively, but rather that it needs your constant efforts to go after them.

youdao

So it is always the case that I can only know what I know if it's a question of being communicated with, having something rendered intelligible for me, negatively.

所以我们总是这样地认识事物,我们和人交流时，总是被动地认识符号。

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