But TV receivers that use what is called a passive glasses system are costly.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

You can be passive if it isn't any good but if you are more active, you may find things.

如果没有什么好处，你们可以被动,但是如果你们更主动，会发现些什么。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

But the truth is that for the most part, most students Learn in a relatively passive way.

但事实是大多数情况下,大多数学生在以相对被动的方式受教育。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

But it made those who were passive, and those who were potentially supporters of Kaczynski,active.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

It's as if "thinking nothing" is not a passive activity, but an active one.

好像“脑子里一片空白“,不是一种被动行为，而是主动的似的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We are invited to be not merely passive onlookers of this conversation, but active participants in that dialogue that takes place in this book over the course of a single evening.

我们不仅受邀,作为这场会谈的被动旁观者，更受邀参与进行中的对谈,时间就在那一晚,内容是本书。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选