past
adj
1 gone by in time 過去的; 以前的
in past years, centuries, ages 在過去的年月、 世紀、 年代里
The time for discussion is past. 討論的時間已經過去. * in times past 在過去.
2 gone by recently; just finished or ended 剛過去的; 剛完成的; 剛結束的
The past month has been a difficult one for him. 上個月他很困難.
I've seen little of her in the past few weeks. 近幾周我很少見到她.
3 belonging to an earlier time 先前的; 前期的; 以往的
past happiness 昔日的快樂
past and present students of the college 該學院的校友和在校學生
past achievements, failures, generations, presidents 以前的成就、 失敗、 世代、 總統.
4 (grammar) (of a verb form) indicating a state or an action in the past (指動詞形式)過去式的
The past tense of `take' is `took'. take的過去式是took.
a past participle, eg passed, taken, gone 過去分詞(如 passed, taken, gone). past, n
1 the past
(a) [sing] time that has gone by 往時; 昔時; 過去
I've been there many times in the past.我從前去過那兒很多次.
(b) [sing] things that happenedin an earlier time; past events 往事
memories of the past 對往事的記憶
look back on, remember, regret the past 回顧、 緬懷、 追悔往事
We cannot change the past. 往事無可改變.
2 [C] person's past life or career, esp one that is discreditable 過去的生活或職業經歷(尤指不名譽的)
We know nothing of his past. 我們對他的經歷一無所知.
She's a woman with a `past'. 她早年生活放蕩.
3 [sing] (also past tense) (form of a verb) used to describe actions in the past 過去式的(動詞形式)
The past of the verb `take' is `took'. take的過去式是took.
4 (idm 習語) a thing of the past => thing. live in the past => live2.
past prep
1
(a) (of time) later than (sth); after (指時間)晚於, 遲於, 在...之後: half past two 兩點半
ten (minutes) past six 六點十分
There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour, ie at 1.20,2.20, 3.20, etc. 每小時的第二十分鐘有一班公共汽車.
It was past midnight when we got home. 我們到家時已過半夜.
(b) older than (the specified age) 超過(某年齡)
an old man past seventy 七十多歲的老人
She's past her thirties, ie at least 40. 她至少四十歲了.
2 on the far side of (sth); from one side to the other of (sth/sb) 在(某物)的遠端, 另一邊; 經過(某處[某人])
You can see the house past the church. 你可以看到教堂那邊的那所房子.
She walked past the shop. 她走過那家商店.
He hurried past me without stopping. 他匆忙從我身邊走過, 連停都沒停.
3
(a) beyond the limits of (sth/doing sth) 超過(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、 體弱等).
I'm past caring (ie I no longer care) what he does. 他做什麼我再也不管了.
It's quite past my comprehension, ie I can't understand it. 這件事已遠超出我的理解力了.
(b) beyond the age of (sth/doing sth) 超過(某事物[做某事物])的年紀
She's past playing with dolls. 她已不是玩玩偶的年紀了.
She's long past retirement age. 她早已過了退休的年齡.
4 (idm 習語) `past it (infml 口) too old to do what one was once capable of; too old to be used for its normal function 年齡過大而不能再做以前做的事; 過舊而不適用
At 93 he's finally realized he's getting past it. 他到了93歲終於意識到自己已不中用.
That overcoat is looking decidedly past it. 那件大衣看來是絕對舊得穿不出去了. past, adv part from one side to the other of sth 經過
walk, march, go, rush, etc past 步行、 行軍、 行走、 奔跑等經過.
?? 考研助記
past(過去的)已經pass(過去)
?? 擴展釋義
*[pɑ:st]n. 過去, 昔時, 往事, 早年經歷, 過去時a. 過去的, 結束的, 卸任的, 過去時的prep. 越過, 晚于, 超越, 超出...的可能性(能力、范圍等)pass的過去分詞【化】 過去相關詞組: for the past few days for some time past in the past not put it past sb
?? 同詞根單詞
passvt.& vi. 走過;通過;批準;度過;
vt. 傳球;及格;發生;不要;
n. 通道;通行證;關口;越過;