プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
うけみ【受け身】
❶〔守勢〕the defensive
受け身になる be [act] on the defensive
上司の鋭い質問に受け身になった
He was put on the defensive by his boss's biting questions.
❷〔消極的〕passiveness; passivity
人生は受け身になったら負けだ
With a passive attitude one can never succeed in life.
彼は何をするにも受け身だ
He never does anything on his own initiative.
❸〔柔道などで〕ukemi; a defensive fall
受け身に回る
counter with a defensive fall
❹〔文法で〕the passive (voice)