given是被动的意思吗?还是其他?Andoccasionallyhewouldhearfromparticularlyself-pityingteachersgiventomutteringtothemselvesaloud:“WhatdidIdotodeservethis?Don’ttheyteachthemanythinginthegradesanymore?Don’tyoup

Question

given是被动的意思吗?还是其他?
And occasionally he would hear from particularly self-pitying teachers given to muttering to themselves aloud:“What did I do todeserve this?Don’t they teach them anything in the grades anymore?Don’t you peoplecare about ideas?Think,dammit,think!”
句子里的given是被动吗?不是被动的话是什么?

Answer 1

不是被动,be given to sth /doing sth 是一个idiom 代表经常做某事.这句话是说那些老师经常抱怨或者嘟囔.