Sentence examples of "passive" in English

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Translations: all6 passif6
He has a passive character. C'est un personnage passif.
He was passive by nature. Il était de nature passive.
Watching TV is a passive activity. Regarder la télé est une activité passive.
It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful. Il est clairement montré dans l'enquête de Johnson que le tabagisme passif est très nocif.
67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking. 67% de ceux qui n'ont jamais fumé ont dit qu'ils s'inquiétaient des effets sur la santé de la fumée passive.
Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium. Condillac, avec le sensationnalisme, révolutionna le concept de l'esprit, faisant du langage et du geste les précurseurs des idées, faisant voler en éclats la conception de Locke du langage comme simple médium passif.
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