被动passive
变～为主动regain the initiative/使某人陷入～put sb on the defensive/处在～的地位be in a bad fix; find oneself in a passive (or awkward)position/失去良机，陷于～let the right moment slip by and lose the initiative/～挨打be in a passive position where one has to take a beating/～局面passive state/～中的主动initiative within passivity |