Instead of working hard to create some chances, these people wait passively for the arrival of success.

这些人不努力工作去创造机会，而是消极地等待着成功的到来。

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But if you wait passively waiting for the negative Side, well, then wait, you will always be achieving its purpose.

但如果你守株待兔似地消极等待，好吧，那就等着吧，你将永远达不到目的。

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He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.

他被动地坐在那里，心满意足地等着他父亲走第一步棋。

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In no other industry do producers actually wait passively to see what products are suggested to them, instead of doing market research to see what people really want to buy.

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