Usage examples of "passif" in French with translation to English

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C'est un personnage passif. He has a passive character.
Il est clairement montré dans l'enquête de Johnson que le tabagisme passif est très nocif. It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful.
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. 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.
Il était de nature passive. He was passive by nature.
Regarder la télé est une activité passive. Watching TV is a passive activity.
67% de ceux qui n'ont jamais fumé ont dit qu'ils s'inquiétaient des effets sur la santé de la fumée passive. 67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.
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