| [/pɑːst; US pæst; pæst/] adj 用法:
1 gone by in time 过去的; 以前的:
in past years, centuries, ages 在过去的年月、 世纪、 年代里 *
The time for discussion is past. 讨论的时间已经过去. *
in times past 在过去. 用法:
2 gone by recently; just finished or ended 刚过去的; 刚完成的; 刚结束的:
The past month has been a difficult one for him. 上个月他很困难. *
I've seen little of her in the past few weeks. 近几周我很少见到她. 用法:
3 belonging to an earlier time 先前的; 前期的; 以往的:
past happiness 昔日的快乐 *
past and present students of the college 该学院的校友和在校学生 *
past achievements, failures, generations, presidents 以前的成就、 失败、 世代、 总统. 用法:
4 (grammar) (of a verb form) indicating a state or an action in the past （指动词形式）过去式的:
The past tense of `take' is `took'. take的过去式是took. *
a past participle, eg passed, taken, gone 过去分词（如 passed, taken, gone）. past 2
n 用法:
1 the past (a) [sing] time that has gone by 往时; 昔时; 过去:
I've been there many times in the past.我从前去过那儿很多次.
(b) [sing] things that happenedin an earlier time; past events 往事:
memories of the past 对往事的记忆 *
look back on, remember, regret the past 回顾、 缅怀、 追悔往事 *
We cannot change the past. 往事无可改变. 用法:
2 [C] person's past life or career, esp one that is discreditable 过去的生活或职业经历（尤指不名誉的）:
We know nothing of his past. 我们对他的经历一无所知. *
She's a woman with a `past'. 她早年生活放荡. 用法:
3 [sing] (also past tense) (form of a verb) used to describe actions in the past 过去式的（动词形式）:
The past of the verb `take' is `took'. take的过去式是took. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) a thing of the past => thing. live in the past => live2. past 3
[/pɑːst; US pæst; pæst/] prep 用法:
1 (a) (of time) later than (sth); after （指时间）晚於, 迟於, 在...之後:
half past two 两点半 *
ten (minutes) past six 六点十分 *
There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour, ie at 1.20,2.20, 3.20, etc. 每小时的第二十分钟有一班公共汽车. *
It was past midnight when we got home. 我们到家时已过半夜.
(b) older than (the specified age) 超过（某年龄）:
an old man past seventy 七十多岁的老人 *
She's past her thirties, ie at least 40. 她至少四十岁了. 用法:
2 on the far side of (sth); from one side to the other of (sth/sb) 在（某物）的远端, 另一边; 经过（某处[某人]）:
You can see the house past the church. 你可以看到教堂那边的那所房子. *
She walked past the shop. 她走过那家商店. *
He hurried past me without stopping. 他匆忙从我身边走过, 连停都没停. 用法:
3 (a) beyond the limits of (sth/doing sth) 超过（某事物[做某事物]）的限度:
The man is past working, ie too old, weak, etc to work. 那男子已不能工作了（因年老、 体弱等）. *
I'm past caring (ie I no longer care) what he does. 他做什麽我再也不管了. *
It's quite past my comprehension, ie I can't understand it. 这件事已远超出我的理解力了.
(b) beyond the age of (sth/doing sth) 超过（某事物[做某事物]）的年纪:
She's past playing with dolls. 她已不是玩玩偶的年纪了. *
She's long past retirement age. 她早已过了退休的年龄. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) `past it (infml) too old to do what one was once capable of; too old to be used for its normal function 年龄过大而不能再做以前做的事; 过旧而不适用:
At 93 he's finally realized he's getting past it. 他到了93岁终於意识到自己已不中用. *
That overcoat is looking decidedly past it. 那件大衣看来是绝对旧得穿不出去了. past 4
adv part from one side to the other of sth 经过:
walk, march, go, rush, etc past 步行、 行军、 行走、 奔跑等经过. |