Being of a passive and receptive rather than an active and aggressive nature, Carrie accepted the situation.

嘉莉天性被动、容忍，而不是主动、进取，因此她安于现状。

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Those commonly-accepted active attitudes such as praise, sympathy and help may not achieve active effects in any case because it has something to do with the tendency of attribution.

人们通常认为的赞扬、同情和帮助等积极的态度未必在任何情况下都能达到积极的效果，因为它与一个人的归因倾向有关。

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By the generally accepted standards, I was "successful," I was head of a prosperous manufacturing concern and led what is usually referred to as an "active" life, both socially and in business.

按照公认的标准来看，我是一位“成功者”。我领导着一个生意不错的制造公司，是社交界及商界中的“活跃分子”。然而，对我而言，这些并没有太大的意义。我始终都在圈内转来转去。

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This raises an important question: If consumers are deeply rooted in being social on the Web (a thesis widely accepted by analysts and industry observers and evident from the billions of active social networks users), how can companies respond in a way that provides both a social experience to those consumers and brand control to those very companies?

FORBES: Listening To Social Media Cues Doesn't Mean Ceding Control