Non-consuming activities are active, not passive.

非消费活动是主动的，而不是被动的。

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The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one.

这些学生们把原本可能是被动的互动变成了主动的互动。

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We do also have more complex systems that are used for space heating and they fall into two categories, passive and active heating systems.

我们确实也有更复杂的系统用于空间供暖，它们分为两类，被动供暖系统和主动供暖系统。

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

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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。

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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。

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My upcoming book, The Power of Passive Investing, provides summaries of exhaustive academic studies covering the active versus passive debate going back many decades.

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It also provides the context to finally answer the question that has burned ever since index or passive strategies came into existence: Which is better, active or passive management?

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The government of FDR and in all succeeding Democratic administrations has been more active than passive.

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