陷于被动 meaning in English

fall into a passive position; lose the initiative

But until it does , he seems locked in frozen inaction
但是这一刻到来之前，他仍然会陷于被动之中。
The study finds out that the nucleus of the ec antidumping policy against imports from china is the non - market economic treatment that lands chinese companies in an detrimental and passive position in developing the international market the whole thesis consists of four chapters , plus a preface and a list of documents and literatures
本文笔者认为，在我入世谈判中，欧盟对我市场经济地位的几项条件和标准仍做了保留，并将继续维持十五年之久，这将使中国企业在遭到反倾销诉讼争取市场经济地位时继续陷于被动，对进一步开拓国际市场带来极为不利的影响。