词典释义：
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The risk of unpopular decision, competition, corruption, passivity, have prevented any action.
决定可能引发的不满，竞争，腐败以及不作为阻断了任何行动。
《Planet Ocean》《海洋星球》
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Which suggests either a remarkable passivity among the, I assume, 24 to 36 residents of this building, based on the number of mailboxes and given typical urban population density or a shared delusion of functionality.
这就说明要么这楼的24到36户人家，我假设的，基于邮箱的个数和典型的城市人口密度得出的都特别懒散，要么都同时产生功能性错觉。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》
双语例句
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The passivity of judicial power can effectively ensure the justice of judgment.
司法权的被动性能有效确保裁判公正。
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I have some difficulties in understanding the chemical passivity.
我在理解化学钝性上有困难。
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Before the game, the team needs to get rid of this passivity quickly.
在比赛前，球队需要快速摆脱这种消极状态。
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That passivity is almost certainly temporary.
但是几乎可以确定它的这种安静是暂时的。
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For my part, I deplored his passivity on Syria.
在这方面，我强烈反对他在叙利亚问题上的被动。
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Yet a destructive passivity has overtaken our discourse.
然而，一种破坏性的被动占据了我们的话语。
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So apparently the passivity the inertia can be explained.
这么一来惯性的被动状态就能说得通了。
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The price of passivity bemoans the silence of progress.
被动的代价哀叹着毫无进展。