Tom's
passive attitude made things easier for me.
汤姆的被动态度使我办起事来容易多了。
His attitude was
passive.
他的态度消极。
We want less
passive ways of filling their time.
我们需要不那么消极的方式来打发时间。
The house was quietly sold by its owners without any advertising.
这所房子被其主人悄悄地卖掉了，没有做任何广告。
The book was read by millions of people worldwide.
这本书被全世界数百万人阅读。
The car was damaged in the accident, and now it's being repaired.
汽车在事故中受损，现在正在修理。
The cake was deliciously baked by my sister.
蛋糕是我姐姐精心烘焙的。
The movie was warmly received by critics.
这部电影受到了评论家们的热烈欢迎。
The trees were cut down by the logging company.
这些树被伐木公司砍倒了。
The song was softly played on the piano.
这首歌在钢琴上轻轻地弹奏着。
The flowers were watered by the rain.
这些花被雨水浇灌了。
The report was carefully prepared by the team.
报告是由团队仔细准备的。
The decision was ultimately made by the board of directors.
这个决定最终由董事会作出。
She thought it made you seem too shy and passive.
她觉得你显得太害羞，太被动了。
It will also use new technologies like passive internet of things to unlock a market of 100 billion IoT connections.
它还将使用被动物联网等新技术来解锁1000亿物联网连接的市场。
Huawei has been working with multiple players across the industry on R&D and verification of key 5.5G technologies, with significant progress, specifically in extremely large antenna arrays which underpin 10-gigabit downlinks, flexible spectrum access that helps in realizing gigabit uplinks, and passive IoT that can enable 100 billion IoT connections.
华为一直在与行业内的多个参与者合作，对5.5G关键技术进行研发和验证，取得了重大进展，特别是在支撑万兆下行链路的超大天线阵列、有助于实现千兆上行链路的灵活频谱接入，以及可实现1000亿个物联网连接的无源物联网方面。
"The delicate tender offer preconditions give Blackstone an advantage to avoid being trapped in a passive condition.
微妙而细致的要约收购前提条件使黑石集团能够避免陷入被动局面，从而获得优势。
"When Wuhan, Hubei province, was hit by the epidemic, because of the lack in disease awareness and protective equipment, some of our medical professionals didn't protect themselves enough and got infected, giving us a passive role in the initial fight.
Zhang Jingchuan, head of National Pharmacy Management at Bayer Pharmaceuticals China, said that in terms of patient management, a "care plan" differs from traditional treatment frameworks which are considered passive - patients go to see the doctor only when they are ill. On the other hand, a care plan uses internet-enabled technology to interact with patients, monitor their drug treatment adherence, and adjust treatment plans as appropriate.
"SF is trying to change its passive position in the industry's transformation toward new retail by establishing new businesses itself or via acquisitions," said Yang Daqing, a researcher at the China Society of Logistics.
"Starwin's Guo cautioned China's potentially passive position within currency competition if it fails to participate in this new phase of digital economic revolution.
Our brand awareness is relatively low in China, and we are kind of passive.
They need to be top of mind, instead of having passive online sites that only provide information during opening hours," he noted.
"Starbucks has been preoccupied so much on opening more and bigger stores in China in recent months that its new delivery project appears more like a passive defense against the fast rise of Luckin," said Wang Zhendong, chairman of Shanghai Feiyue Investment Management Co Ltd, a consultancy firm focusing on the domestic coffee industry.
"(People think) learning from foreign teachers creates a 'well-rounded' environment but in fact, children are learning in a passive way," said Zhai Shaocheng, co-founder of SmartStudy and also a leader at USKid.
Once they lost their strength (which lay in the lower cost of labor and materials), they found themselves in a position of passive weakness," Shen Difan, general manager of Ali-Express, said.
For example, in cooperation with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the company developed a kind of portable passive cold storage device called Arktek, enhancing its cold chain technology to a higher level as well as international reputation.
According to a recent statement issued by the US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, Chinese internet giant Tencent has become its 5th largest shareholder after purchasing 5 percentxa0of the company's passive stake at the price of about $1.78 billion.
根据美国电动汽车制造商特斯拉最近发布的一份声明，中国互联网巨头腾讯已通过斥资约17.8亿美元购入其5%的被动股权，从而成为特斯拉第五大股东。
"This passive wearable exoskeleton device can support the hip joint and knee joint of the human body through the mechanical and physical principle of the pendulum by using the gravity of the human body instead of the motor driving force, thus enabling people with impaired mobility to walk," said Zhang Duo, the product manager with the medical technology company Sysmed (China).
Facing the new development environment full of challenges and uncertainties, we must coordinate development and security, take the initiative in opening-up and have positive, controllable and active participation in international economic circulation to avoid passive participation in this regard — which features depending solely on external demand and excessively on foreign technology and resources, and lacking security risk prevention and control mechanisms.
If the US and the European countries dominate the formation of digital trade rules, China and the vast majority of countries in the world will be subjected to a passive situation.
"A benevolent government capable of allocating immobilizing resources is, of course, better than one that remains passive, or one that serves its own purposes," she said.
"It is not a passive choice, but a reflection of the law of current economic development.
The Hualong One reactor innovatively adopts a 177-core design and uses a combination of passive and active safety systems, meeting the highest international safety standards and being capable of mass production.
"Entering the fourth quarter, in order to accelerate capital recovery, property developers are stepping up efforts to augment sales, in contrast to the passive sentiment of homebuyers amid sizable market adjustment," said Cao Jingjing, a research director with the China Index Academy.
“进入第四季度，为了加速资金回笼，房地产开发商正在加大促销力度，与市场大幅调整背景下购房者相对消极的观望情绪形成对比，”中国指数研究院研究总监曹晶晶表示。
Market entities, however, sought to downplay the slump, saying a decline was normal as some buyer companies turned passive once they accumulated adequate levels of carbon emission allowances.
然而，市场各方力图淡化这一下滑态势，称随着部分买家企业在持有充足的碳排放配额后转为观望态度，出现一定程度的下降实属正常。
"Small reactors innovated by China have the advanced features of passive safety design, which can restrict the leaks inside its wrap in case of serious accidents," said Wei Hanyang, a power market analyst at research firm BloombergNEF.
“研究机构BloombergNEF的电力市场分析师魏涵阳表示，中国创新的小型反应堆采用了先进的被动安全设计，能够在发生严重事故时限制其内部包壳的泄漏。”
The A-share inclusion plan implemented by UK-based index provider FTSE Russell will bring in an estimated $10 billion in net passive foreign inflows, including some $2 billion in June, an analyst said.
“The IoT technology solution revolutionizes the city’s logistics industry by giving logistics operators long-range coverage, plus cost-efficient and active cargo shipping monitoring services, whereas the RFID-enabled technology is passive and more expansive,” Neosen founder Kelvin Wong told China Daily.
It will also use new technologies like passive internet of things to unlock a market of 100 billion IoT connections, the company said earlier.
Advanced communications technology to ensure super-fast connectivity for fans and athletesThe host cities of the 19th Asian Games have all tapped into state-of-theart communication technologies such as the 5G-Advanced network and passive IoT (Internetof-Things) infrastructure, to ensure a smart Asian Games.
Passive IoT is another communication technology that is also widely applied to achieve smart management during the Asian Games, said the organizing committee.
For example, the Hangzhou Esports Centre will use passive IoT tags in player cockpits to monitor environmental temperatures and humidity in real time.
It would also refresh the industry vision by using new technologies like passive internet of things to unlock a market of 100 billion IoT connections.
Significant progress has been made in this verification process, specifically for extremely large antenna array which underpins 10 gigabit downlink, flexible spectrum access which helps realize gigabit uplink and passive IoT which can enable 100 billion IoT connections.
Gone are the days when she was just a passive buyer with no say in any of the features of a product.
During the forum, CAERI released the Intelligence and Safety Technique Roadmap 2030 for Automotive Index, focusing on intelligent driving, assistance safety, passive safety, and emergency safety.
In terms of passive safety, the test vehicle's air curtains and safety belts functioned well in side pillar collisions.
"Its slowness to respond to Chinese consumers' preferences has led to a very passive positioning for Tesla to rely on few means, such as price cuts, to stay competitive.
"Zhejiang Songyuan Automotive Safety Systems Co, an auto parts company in Yuyao, specializes in the R&D and manufacturing of passive safety systems such as seat belts, airbags and special seats.
"Passive safety systems are core components of automobiles.
In the last few months, several Chinese EVs have received five-star European New Car Assessment Program ratings - an achievement that requires vehicles with active and passive safety features far beyond legal requirements.
Covering 14,000 square meters, the plant will produce and sell air bag cushions and other passive safety products.
Covering 14,000 square meters, the plant will produce and sell airbag cushions and other passive safety products.
Rudolf Stark, executive vice-president of ZF's Passive Safety Systems Division, said that occupant safety is a fundamental technology for road safety.
The launch of this project marks ZF's increased investment in safety systems and a new milestone in the development of ZF's passive safety program in Asia Pacific.
ZF's passive safety division in Asia Pacific currently operates eight plants in China.
It will later offer its systems expertise in the industry, covering not only drivetrain technology but also chassis technology, as well as active and passive safety technology.
“之后，它将提供其在行业中的系统专业技能，不仅涵盖传动技术，还包括底盘技术和主动、被动安全技术。”
But they have learned acutely the current one will be just a prelude to a more disastrous problem if they remain passive observers.
The company said it is building state-of-the-art vehicle systems to keep abreast of the times, including developing specific physical architectures, data-oriented smart electric architectures and future-oriented powertrain technologies, as well as active and passive vehicle safety systems.
But the fact is that customers think positively of proactive recalls, and what impresses on them negatively are passive recalls that come reluctantly after media exposures or government orders, George added.
As a global leading auto supplier in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology, ZF has recorded revenue of 36.4 billion euros in 2017, with year-on-year increase of 3.6 percent, according to the annual report released Thursday.
To ensure 100 billion connections, new capabilities, such as integrated communication and sensing and a passive internet of things, must be overlaid onto the foundation network on demand, according to Huawei.
为确保实现100亿连接，华为表示必须按需在基础网络上叠加集成通信、感知等新型能力以及被动式物联网。
"New infrastructure development, including the 5G network, has transformed the passive troubleshooting into proactive early-warnings, safeguarding urbanites' lives while helping the city realize fine management," Xia said.
Accumulation of excessive retained earnings could cause passive growth, dampening the efficiency of their capital utilization.
The adjustment is expected to further increase the A share's weighting in the emerging market index to nearly 6 percent, and may bring 10 billion yuan of net passive tracking funds into the A-share market.
Therefore, banks must make transitions to avoid falling into a passive position after clients have changed their asset allocation preferences," said Ye with the BOC Research Institute.
The recent yuan depreciation against the US dollar is passive, triggered by the surge in the US dollar index, and proportionate to how much the greenback has strengthened, said Wang Qing, an analyst with Golden Credit Rating.
When the span is too wide, inflation readings are likely to exceed expectations, and financial institutions and economists may enter a state of passive wait-and-see while prices continue to climb.
The major driver of investment to the Chinese bond market lies in demand for medium- to long-term asset allocation, with the major holders being central banks, sovereign wealth funds and passive funds that track indices, said Matt Simpson, an analyst with Gain Capital.
"Different from administrative methods or confronting risks in a passive way, the proposed fund is expected to stabilize market expectations when exposed to risks.
The inclusion of Chinese bonds in major international indexes has increased global investors' passive allocation of Chinese bonds.
Compared with the Bloomberg-Barclays Global Aggregate Index and JPMorgan Emerging Market Government Bond Index, in which China bonds were included in April 2019 and February 2020, respectively, the WBGI has a wider passive investor following, he said.
"Standard Chartered Bank earlier predicted upon official inclusion this October, between 130 and 150 billion yuan of passive investment is expected to flow into the Chinese bond market within a year.
Upon the official inclusion this October, between 130 billion yuan ($20 billion) and 150 billion yuan of passive investment is expected to flow into the Chinese bond market within a year, according to Liu.
The yuan was rendered weaker by a strong dollar, thus its devaluation was a passive one, the paper said.
PBOC officials believe that once the rate approaches zero, the monetary policy measures will be less efficient and passive.
In the past, trust companies often cooperated with banks in passageway deals to act as passive reservoirs for loans that bank originate but cannot keep on their own balance sheets without violating regulatory requirements on lending quotas, the capital adequacy ratio, and loan-to-deposit ratios.
The index adjustment was estimated to trigger foreign funds of $3.6 billion into Chinese shares on Tuesday, as overseas passive fund managers tracking MSCI indexes synchronized their allocations with adjustments in index composition, according to Shenzhen-based China Merchants Securities.
Ben Luk, senior multi asset strategist at State Street Global Markets, said the amount of passive fund inflow triggered by the index adjustment may be too little to cause any market rally, but policies to stabilize the Chinese economy will lend substantive support to the A-share market.
Several prominent pension fund of funds providers, such as HuaAn Funds and Bosera Funds, have publicly highlighted the use of passive funds, including ETFs, for portfolio construction, due to high efficiency and low transaction costs, the report said.
A passive rate cut may result in higher prices, if the Chinese central bank makes the same decision after the US Federal Reserve lowers its policy rates.
Sammy Yip, Vanguard's head of product management in Asia, is a frequent user of Bond Connect, and he said with this new channel the investment management company has launched passive investment products focused on Chinese bonds in the United States, Australia and some European countries.
Upon completion of this inclusion, the A-share market will represent about 5.5 percent of the FTSE Emerging Index and draw an expected net $10 billion from passive global investors, according to FTSE Russell.
"BOC's Dubai branch has shifted from a passive follow-up strategy to an active service strategy.
A total of $10 billion of passive funds will be pumped into China's capital market in 2019 as FTSE Russell plans to add A-shares in its global indices this June, China Securities Journal has reported.
"Li Jianhong, a researcher at the National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention under the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said: "Using technology, disease control has transformed from a passive treatment centered on diseases alone, to a new active model that focuses on patients.
Among those, 1,597 were passive buybacks used for stock incentives while the rest were active buybacks.
In addition, some technical factors existed, said Liu, citing passive reduction of stock positions amid market slides as an example.
On completion, China's A shares are projected to account for 5.5 percent of the FTSE Emerging Index and 0.57 percent of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which represents initial net passive inflows of $10 billion of assets under management, according to the statement.
About 60 percent of the world's passive funds that track global and emerging market indexes are based on the MSCI index, while the remainder refers to its London-based rival FTSE Russell.
About 40 percent of the world's passive funds that track global and emerging market indexes are based on the FTSE Russell index, while the remainder refers to the MSCI index.
"Once China is added to Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate index in April 2019, we expect to see increased foreign investment through passive funds that track indices," Woetzel added.
Asset managers, pension funds, insurers and individual investors hold passive investments like an exchange-traded fund or mutual fund that track an MSCI index like emerging markets.
"The reason is that active investors typically start investing in the market before passive investors, who are driven more by the benchmark.
"When inflows from passive investors start to enter the market, valuations beginto rise and fundamental investors often start to take profits.
However, there is one difference when it comes to A-share inclusion, in that there will be a phased-in approach and so the passive inflows might be more gradual.
So it is very different from being a passive minority shareholder," he said on the sidelines of Morgan Stanley's annual China Summit in Beijing.
"This has significantly increased living cost and exerted a passive impact on attracting financial talents.
Besides passive index fund investing, the MSCI inclusion also creates new investment horizons for active fund managers, sparking institutional investors' interest to study A-shares at the stock-picking level.
Bank of Singapore equity research chief Sean Quek said portfolio rebalancing after the MSCI inclusion had seen passive fund flows of $2 billion-$3 billion and active flows of $10 billion-$12 billion into various A-share investment funds－which compared with the average daily A-share market turnover of $65 billion in the year to date.
On the impact to Malaysia, Huang said post the two-step partial inclusion in May 2018 and August 2018, the weight in MSCI Emerging Market (MSCI EM) will drop to 2.38 percent from 2.42 percent, which could result in potential passive outflows of $144 million, and to him, this is a non-event to Malaysia.
However, China's weight in the MSCI EM will increase to 29.31 percent, from 27.99 percent, with potential passive inflows of $5 billion, of which $2.7 billion inflows are expected to A-shares.
For China-H shares, he noted that there is no short-term impact given potential passive inflows of $2.3 billion which is less than 5 percent of average daily turnover.
Asset managers, pension funds, insurers and individual investors hold passive investments like an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or mutual fund that track an MSCI index like EMI.
Passive investing tools like index funds are now popular among Chinese investors.
[Photo/China Daily]Transparency, low commission fee, diversified indexes, low transaction costs are big attractionsRetail investors are increasingly choosing passive investing, preferring options like index funds that track global equity indexes over individual stocks, for yields from long-term growth of a market or a sector.
Experts said features of passive investing appear to appeal to retail investors.
Transparency, diversified nature of indexes, low commission fee and low transaction costs make passive investing popular among Chinese investors, they said.
While active investing calls for picking select stocks from among thousands, passive investing involves buying funds that invest in stocks based on compiled indexes.
Liu Jun, deputy general manager of China Investment Corporation, said that passive investing may become a "mainstream" strategy.
"Passive investing encourages patience and sustainable strategies, and the low cost of trading also encourages more investors to join the market," said Liu.
So, passive investing allows me to read about market reviews on a weekly basis-after all, it is a long-term strategy," said Xu Zhiwei, 34, an engineer with a shipping company in Shanghai.