在那个时代，女性被期望是被动的。

Women at that time were expected to be ___passive.

电视提供了一种被动的娱乐形式，所以仅仅观看它比需要集中注意力的阅读书籍要容易得多。

Television provides a ___passive form of entertainment and so just watching it is much easier than reading books which needs concentration.

在会议中，他没有主动负责，而是保持被动。

Instead of taking charge, he remained ___passive during the meeting.