Listening is not a passive activity. Don't just listen to the speaker's words. Listen for the feeling and the meaning behind the words. Watch body language to help get the full meaning.

倾听不是一种被动的行为，不要只听说出的话，而是要注意听出话里的感觉及涵意，观察其肢体语言以帮助自己了解对方全部的意思。

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Listening comprehension is anything but a passive activity.

听力理解不是一项被动的活动。

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New Mother Town is not a passive activity to renovate old cities, but an active activity to create a new city pattern.

新母城不是被动的城市改造，而是主动去创造新的城市格局。

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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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These expenses may even generate a net loss, subject to the passive activity limitations of Section 469.

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The credit equivalents are reported on federal form 8582-CR, Passive Activity Credit Limitations (downloads as a pdf).

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The passive activity loss rules require us to divide our trade or business activities into passive and non-passive buckets.

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