Children should not be seen purely as a passive object in the process of social evolution.

儿童不能纯粹地被看作是社会进化过程的被动目标。

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The traditional view on the function of writings regards texts as the source of literary function and readers as the passive object influenced by literary function.

传统的作品功能观把文本视为文学功能的发生源、把读者视为文学功能作用的被动对象。

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It becomes simply a passive object onto which the beholder can project his or her fantasies.

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The problem with this analogy is the prospect is a passive object that is acted upon.

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