past
[pɑ:st]
prep.过, 经过
adv.过
adj.过去的
n.过去
例句与用法:
I've been there many times in the past.
我从前去过那儿很多次。
He hurried past me without stopping.
他匆忙从我身边走过,连停都没停。
They walked past without stopping
他们一步不停地走了过去。
We drove past the house.
我们开车经过那座房子。
His pain is past now.
他的痛苦现在已经过去。
Our country has a glorious past.
我们的国家有一段光辉的历史。
a.
1. 过去的; 刚过去的
2. 过去了的; 完了的
The danger is past.
危险已过。
3. 以前的; 前任的[B]
John Smith is a past president of our club.
约翰・史密斯是我们俱乐部的前任主席。
4. 【语】过去(时)的[B]
prep.
1. (指时间、数量等)过; 通过, 经过
The boys walked past our house.
孩子们走过我们的房子。
2. (指范围、程度、能力等)超过
Some of his poems are past comprehension.
他的某些诗作无法理解。
n.
1. 过去, 昔日[the S]
In the past he had to read by candlelight.
过去他只得在烛光下攻读。
2. 往事; 经历; 不光彩的往事[the S]
3. 【语】过去时; (动词的)过去式[the S]
ad.
过; 经过; 越过
I watched the people hurry past.
我看着人们匆匆而过。
past
同义词:
previous | former | over | preceding | gone | yesteryear | history | ancient times | antiquity | long ago | yesterday | historical | ended | earlier | quondam | bygone | completed | accomplished | done | back | extinct | beyond | sometime | through | ago | by | gone by | past tense | retiring |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
a.以前的
ended
former
quondam
over
previous
preceding
gone by
同义参见:
ago
through
beyond
sometime
extinct
back
反义:
a.过去的; 前任的
future
present
反义参见:
present1
past[pɑ:st; pæst]1.■pass 的过去分词adj.1.■过去的;结束的;完了的2.■早先的;以往的3.■刚过去的;刚完成的4.■前任的;曾任的;老练的5.■【语法学】过去(时)的n.1.■过去;昔日2.■往事;经历;历史3.■个人过去生活经历中见不得人的丑事4.■【语法学】过去时;(动词的)过去式prep.1.■(时间)过;晚于;较…为迟,过后:It was past one o'clock when he came in.他进来的时候已经过了一点钟了。2.■通过;走过(某处);从(旁)经过:Then he slowly walked past the house.然后他慢慢地走过这座房子。3.■(几点)多;(几岁)以上:It is now exactly twenty-eight minutes past four.现在准确的时间是4点过28分。4.■(空间、距离等)超过,超越:The pain was almost past bearing.疼痛几乎无法忍受。His stupidity is past belief.他蠢得让人难以相信。5.■(数量、程度等)超过;…多;比…更远:The hospital is about a kilogram past the school.医院比学校大约要远一公里。6.■(能力、限度、范围等)超出…的可能性:I'm past caring what he does.他做什么我再也不管了。adv.1.■(从旁)过去;(时间)过去2.■过;超过;越过a past master能手;老手(行会、帮会、俱乐部等的)前任主持人;以前的头子be (或 get) past (或 beyond) it[口语](精力、性欲、技巧等)不如当年be past due(火车等)误点;(支付费)误期be past praying for见 prayfor some time past前些时候;最近以来in the past从前;在过去live in the past照老皇历办事,按旧章程办事;因循守旧生活在过去的时代迷恋过去、追求过去的梦not put it past someone (to do sth.)相信某人会做出(某种不寻常或不名誉的事)rake up the past翻旧账;重提旧事with a past有不可告人的经历
pastpast[pɑ:st]adj.pass的过去分词1.■过去的, 刚结束的(指时间可用在名词前面或后面)2.■前任的, 曾任的3.■【语】过去的4.■老练的the past week上星期in times past好久以前the past president前任总统the past tense【语】过去式
词性变化past[pɑ:st]n.1.■过去, 往事2.■过去的生活, 经历3.■【语】过去时; (动词的)过去式We know nothing of his past.我们一点也不知道他的过去。past[pɑ:st]prep.1.■(指时间, 地点等)过2.■(指能力, 限度, 范围)超过; (行动的方式等)越过It is past my power.这是我力所不及的。He is past fifty.他年过五十了。The old man is past work.那老头已干不了活了。past[pɑ:st]adv.1.■过, 越过(表示趋向)go [walk] past走过
adjective
- gone by in time and no longer existing
过去的,以前的
the danger is now past.
危险现在已过去了。
■[attrib.]belonging to a former time
以前的,结束了的,不复存在的
they made a study of the reasons why past attempts had failed.
他们对以前努力最终失败的原因作了研究。
he is a past chairman of the society.
他是这个协会的前主席。
■[attrib.](of a specified period of time) occurring before and leading up to the time of speaking or writing
刚过去的
the band has changed over the past twelve months.
这个乐队在过去的12个月中有所变化。
■(Grammar)(of a tense) expressing an action that has happened or a state that previously existed
(语法)过去时的
- (一般作 the past)the time or a period of time before the moment of speaking or writing
过去,昔日
she found it hard to make ends meet in the past.
她觉得过去就是勉强维持生计也是很难的。
■the events of an earlier time
往事,历史
the war-damaged church is preserved as a reminder of the past.
这座受战争损坏的教堂被留作历史的见证。
■the history of a person, country, or institution
历史,经历,过去
the monuments act as guidelines through the country's colourful past.
这些纪念碑是这个国家灿烂历史的指南。 - (Grammar)a past tense or form of a verb
(语法)过去时;(动词的)过去式
a simple past of the first conjugation.
第一种词形变化的一般过去时。
- to or on the further side of
路过
he rode on past the crossroads.
他骑车经过十字路口。
■in front of or from one side to the other of
经过,通过
he began to drive slowly past the houses.
他开始驱车慢慢经过这些房子。
■beyond in time; later than
晚于,超过
by this time it was past 3.30.
现在已经3点半多了。
■no longer capable of
超出,超过,不能
he is past giving the best advice.
他不可能提供最好的建议。
■beyond the scope of
超出,越过
my hair was past praying for.
我的头发已经不可救药了。
- so as to pass from one side of something to the other
经过
a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past.
一队锃亮的豪华轿车飞驰而过。
■used to indicate the lapse of time
(时间)经过,流逝
a week went past and nothing changed.
一个星期过去了,一切均无变化。 - at a time later by a specified amount than a particular known hour
以后,过后
we're having speeches in the dining room at half past.
半小时以后我们将在餐厅听报告会。
not put it past someone
- believe someone to be capable of doing something wrong or rash
认为某人有可能会做(错事,轻率的事)
I wouldn't put it past him to slip something into the drinks.
我认为他有可能在这些饮料中偷偷加了什么东西。
- (informal)too old to be of any use or any good at anything
(非正式)(因年老)变得没用的,做不好任何事的
pastness
noun
语源
- Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass
past
名词 past:
the time that has elapsed
同义词:past times, yesteryear, yore
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
同义词:past tense
形容词 past:
earlier than the present time; no longer current
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
副词 past:
so as to pass a given point
同义词:by
past
■He has indeed at one or another time argued both for and against most of the big changes in Turkey over the past thirty years.
30年来,在土耳其不同时期的大多数重大变革问题上,他确实发表过不少意见,或是赞同,或是反对。
■A family with a checkered past.
一个有着波折历史的家族
■A shadowy figure went past in the darkness.
一个模糊的身影从黑暗中闪过。
■A goods train trundled past.
一列货运列车隆隆地驶过。
■She threw up his past to him whenever they argued.
一发生争执她就向他提起他的过去
■An arrow whizzed past and stuck in a tree.
一支箭“飕”地一声飞过去,钉在一棵树上。
■An arrow went past his car, narrowly missing his head.
一支箭从他耳边掠过,差一点射中头部。
■Keep on past the church; the stadium is about half a mile further on.
一直向前走过了教堂,约莫半英里就是体育场。
■A company of guardsmen swung past.
一队卫兵整齐地跑过去。
■A bullet whistled past his head.
一颗子弹从他头顶上呼啸而过。
■A bullet whizzed past my ear.
一颗子弹嗖的一声从我耳边飞过。
■The past month has been a difficult one for him.
上个月他很困难。
■The anxieties of the past week had left her exhausted.
上星期把她愁得没精打采。
■Keep a low profile until the trouble over your activities is past.
不到影响你活动的麻烦事过去,你不要抛头露面。
■Don't rake up the past.
不要把过去的事都翻出来。
■Don't dwell on past failures.
不要老是想着过去的失败。
■The path or one of the set of paths, parallel to the reference edge on a data medium, associated with a single reading or writing component as the data medium moves past the component.
与数据媒体基准边并行的轨道或一组轨道中的一条,当数据媒体移动而经过单个读(或写)元件时,就与这种读(或写)元件相联系。
■It's no use grieving about past errors.
为过去的错误懊悔不已是无济于事的。
■The distant past; distant events.
久远的过去; 久远的往事
■Henry is a past master at bridge.
亨利是打桥牌的高手。
■The crowd surged past him.
人们从他身边涌过。
■The crowd pushed past (us).
人群从(我们)旁边挤了过去。
■In the past, letters from across the sea were like angels' visits.
从前,越洋而来的信件是稀罕的,有如天使来访。
■He toiled on till he was past eighty.
他一直辛苦工作直到年过八十。
■He bribed his way past the guard and escaped.
他买通看守而逃之夭夭了。
■He walked right past me without even acknowledging me.
他从我的身边走过,连个招呼也没打。
■He walked past me without even deigning to look at me.
他从我身旁走过,竟没有屈尊看我一眼。
■He seems unduly reticent on the subject of his past.
他似乎对他过去的事情讳莫如深。
■I'm past caring (ie I no longer care) what he does.
他做什麽我再也不管了。
■He has been sick for some time past.
他前些日子一直在生病。
■He hurried past me without stopping.
他匆忙从我身边走过,连停都没停。
■He brushed past me in the street.
他和我在街上擦肩而过。
■He sprinted past the other runners just before reaching the tape.
他在到达终点之前全速冲刺,超越了其他赛跑者。
■He's made a clean break with the past.
他完全改变了过去的生活方式。
■He dribbled (the ball) past the goalie to score.
他带球越过守门员射门得分。
■He smiled a superior smile as he drove past in his expensive new car.
他开着那辆豪华的新车驶过时,傲慢的微微一笑。
■My ears have been pounded on for the past hour; when is he going to switch off that damned drill?
他打算什么时候关掉收音机不听那该死的操练呀; 它已经轰响了几个小时了。
■He meditates on his past life.
他沉思着过去的生活。
■His pain is past now.
他的痛苦现在已经过去。
■He could remember events far back in the past.
他能记得很早以前的事情。
■He dodged past me.
他躲躲闪闪地从我旁边走过。
■He used to be able to cycle50 miles in a day, but he's past it now, I'm afraid.
他过去一天能骑50英里,不过现在恐怕不行了。
■He rose again from the dust of past defeats.
他过去因失败而蒙羞,现在东山再起了。
■His past is enveloped in a shroud of mystery.
他过去的经历笼罩着神秘气氛。
■The revelation of his scandalous past led to his resignation.
他那不光彩历史的揭露导致了他的辞职。
■In the past, the great powers would wage war against helpless little countries so as to gain their land.
以前,势力强大的国家常同弱小无助的国家发动战争以获得土地。
■Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
以往的经验告诉我们,某些事情我们是做不到的。
■The bookkeeper was entering up the sales for the past month.
会计正把上个月的销售帐目登入帐簿。
■But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.
但我们始终希望看到他们坚强地维护自己的自由--而且要记住,在历史上,凡愚蠢地狐假虎威者,终必葬身虎口。
■Can you slip past the open door without the teacher seeing you?
你可不可以从开着的门边溜过而不被老师看见?