单词 | past |
释义 | adjectivenounprepositionadverb🔑 pastBrE /pɑːst/ NAmE /pæst/ adjective 🔑 gone by in time 过去的;昔日的◆ in past years /centuries /ages 在过去的岁月/世纪/时代◆ in times past 在过去◆ The time for discussion is past . 讨论的时间已过。🔑 [only before noun ]gone by recently ; just ended 刚过去的;刚结束的◆ I haven't seen much of her in the past few weeks . 近几周来我很少见到她。◆ The past month has been really busy at work . 上个月工作实在是忙。🔑 [only before noun ]belonging to an earlier time 从前的;以往的◆ past events 以往的事件◆ From past experience I'd say he'd probably forgotten the time . 根据过去的经验,我想他可能把时间忘了。◆ past and present students of the college 学院的老校友和在校生◆ Let's forget about who was more to blame —it's all past history . 咱们且忘掉更该责怪谁吧,那都是陈年旧账了。[only before noun ](grammar语法) connected with the form of a verb used to express actions in the past (动词)过去式的🔑 pastBrE /pɑːst/ NAmE /pæst/ noun 🔑 the past [sing. ]the time that has gone by ; things that happened in an earlier time 过去;昔日;过去的事情◆ I used to go there often in the past . 过去我常去那里。◆ the recent /distant past 较近的/遥远的过去◆ She looked back on the past without regret . 她回首往事毫无遗憾。◆ Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past . 写信好像已是昔日的事情了。🔑 [C ]a person's past life or career (某人)过去的经历(或事业)◆ We don't know anything about his past . 我们对他的过去一无所知。◆ They say she has a 'past' (= bad things in her past life that she wishes to keep secret ). 据说她有一段 “过去”(不名誉的秘史)。the past [sing. ](grammar语法) = past tense ● a ˌblast from the ˈpast (informal ) a person or thing from your past that you see , hear , meet , etc . again in the present (现在又看见、听到、遇到等的)故人,往事,旧物● the (ˌdim and ) ˌdistant ˈpast a long time ago 很久以前;遥远的过去◆ stories from the distant past 很久以前的故事● live in the ˈpast to behave as though society , etc . has not changed , when in fact it has 仿佛生活在过去;落伍🔑 pastBrE /pɑːst/ NAmE /pæst/ preposition 🔑 (NAmE alsoafter ) later than sth 晚于;在…之后◆ half past two 两点半◆ ten (minutes ) past six 六点过十分◆ There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour (= at 1 .20 , 2 .20 , etc .). 每小时逢二十分发一班公共汽车。◆ We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past (= ten minutes past two ). 我们两点钟到达,十分钟后离开。◆ It was past midnight when we got home . 我们到家已是午夜之后了。🔑 on or to the other side of sb /sth 在另一边;到另一侧◆ We live in the house just past the church . 我们就住在挨着教堂那边的房子里。◆ He hurried past them without stopping . 他匆匆走过他们身边,连停都没停。◆ He just walked straight past us ! 他与我们擦肩而过!🔑 above or further than a particular point or stage 多于;超过◆ Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark . 失业人数现在已超过了 300 万大关。◆ The flowers are past their best . 这些花已过了盛开的季节。◆ He's past his prime . 他已不再年富力强了。◆ She's long past retirement age . 她早已超过了退休年龄。◆ Honestly , I'm past caring what happens (= I can no longer be bothered to care ). 老实说,我已什么事都不关心了。 ● ˈpast it (BrE , informal ) too old to do what you used to be able to do ; too old to be used for its normal function (人)过老而无用;(物)旧得不宜使用◆ In some sports you're past it by the age of 25 . 在某些运动中,人过 25 岁就难有作为了。◆ That coat is looking decidedly past it . 那件外衣看来绝对穿不出去了。🔑 pastBrE /pɑːst/ NAmE /pæst/ adverb 🔑 from one side of sth to the other 从一侧到另一侧;经过◆ I called out to him as he ran past . 他跑过时,我大声喊他。🔑 used to describe time passing (时间)过去,逝去SYN by◆ A week went past and nothing had changed . 一个星期过去了,情况毫无变化。 |
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