past 英音: [pɑ:st] 美音: [pæst]

 

 

单词详解

1. adv.

A. 从一侧到另一侧;经过 ( from one side of sth. to the other )

   He glanced at me and walked past. 他瞥了我一眼走了过去。

B. (时间)过去;逝去 ( used to describe time passing )

   A year went past and nothing had changed. 一年过去了,情况毫无变化。

2. n.

A. 过去;昔日 ( the time that has gone by )

   In the past I have had many jobs.过去我做过许多种工作。

B. (某人) 过去的生活或经历 ( an earlier period in someone’s life, especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

I know nothing about his past. 我对他的过去一无所知。

C.(语法)过去时 (a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past)

Some students always misuse the past tense for the present perfect tense.

一些学生总是把一般过去时误用为现在完成时。

3. prep.

A. 晚于;在……之后 (later than sth. )

   I often get up at half past five. 我常常五点三十起床。

B. 多于;超过 (above or further than a particular point or stage)

   He is long past retirement age. 他早已超过退休年龄。

  The population on the earth is past 60 billion. 地球人口现已超过60亿。

 

相关词组

in the past 在过去

  The book was banned in the past. 这本书过去被禁止过。

  In the past she lived in a dream. 过去, 她过着梦一般的生活。

  I prefer travelling in the past. 我更喜欢在过去(的时光里)旅行。

 

相关链接

词语辨析:past, pass

词语辨析:past, through

past, pass

  past: 不能用作动词,但可以用作介词,副词,名词和形容词。作形容词时,既可放在所修饰名词的前面作定语,也可用作连系动词 be 的表语。

passed: 是动词 pass 的过去式和过去分词,当它用作分词,修饰某个名词时,有强调该名词的意味。

 

词语详解

1. past: 不能用作动词,但可以用作介词,副词,名词和形容词。作形容词时,既可放在所修饰名词的前面作定语,也可用作连系动词 be 的表语。

  In the past, only men had a vote. 过去只有男子才有选举权。

  Those times are past. 那样的时代过去了。

2. passed: 是动词 pass 的过去式和过去分词,当它用作分词,修饰某个名词时,有强调该

  名词的意味。

On our way home we passed through a picturesque village.

在回家的路上,我们经过了一个风景如画的村子。

 

past, through

past: 是经过某地,侧重从表面穿过。

through: 是从物体内部穿过,through the crowd 是从人群中穿过,也可以表达抽象的通过。

 

词语详解

1. past: 是经过某地,侧重从表面穿过。

He dashed forward, paying no attention to the bullets that whizzed past him.

他冲向前去,不顾耳边飞过的枪弹。

2. through: 是从物体内部穿过,through the crowd 是从人群中穿过,也可以表达抽象的通过。

We went through the forest. 我们穿过森林。

 

 

 

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