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It senses its power is growing and this leads to a posture of great self- restraint, even passivity and reluctance to rock the boat.
它感觉自己实力在日渐增长，这促使其摆出极大的自我克制、甚至是被动的姿态，不愿改变现状。
What I started to notice about those newly rare occasions when the TV came back on, aside from their quaintness, was how much TV viewing actually promotes passivity in viewership.
除了有趣特别的节目，当电视回归生活中，我开始注意到最近极少的情况，就是电视在多大程度上让观众们变得被动了。
While this situation is useful in certain cases because of the total passivity afforded the place-owner and visitor, it severely limits the potential contribution of recommendation technology.
尽管这种情形在某些情况下是有益的，因为它总能被动地提供给网站所有者和访客一些推荐，但这却严重限制了推荐技术的潜能。

There's a danger, I think, that endless tolerance leads to intellectual passivity and the kind of uncritical acceptance of all points of view.
这会是一场危机，无止境的容忍会导致理智的被动,及无批判能力地,接受所有的观点。
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