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| 释义 |
past adjective /pɑːst/ /pæst/ gone by in time过去的；昔日的- in past years/centuries在过去几年/几个世纪里
- in times past在过去
- The time for discussion is past.讨论的时间已过。
- The days are long past when people worked at the same company all their lives. 人们一生都在同一家公司工作的日子早已过去了。
Homophones passed | pastpassed past /pɑːst/ /pæst/ - passed verb (past tense, past participle of pass)
- You've passed all your exams—well done!你通过了所有的考试——干得好！
- past adjective
- It's arguably the best novel of the past 20 years.这可以说是过去20年来最好的小说。
- past noun
- Let's put the past behind us and move on.让我们忘记过去，继续前进。
- past preposition
- You shouldn't be up, it's past your bedtime!你不应该起床，已经过了睡觉时间了！
- In past years the industry received large subsidies.在过去，这一行业得到很多的补贴。
- Theatre in past centuries was mass entertainment, but that is not the case today.过去几个世纪的戏剧是大众娱乐，但今天不是这样。
- The book is a celebration of working class life in times past.这本书颂扬了过去工人阶级的生活。
[only before noun] gone by recently; just ended刚过去的；刚结束的- in the past year/month/week在过去的一年/一个月/一周
- I've seen her several times over the past few days.这几天我见过她几次。
- The past month has been really busy at work.上个月工作实在是忙。
- This past summer I worked at a theatre. 今年夏天，我在一家剧院工作。
[only before noun] belonging to an earlier time从前的；以往的- 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。
- I warned her not to repeat her past mistakes.我警告她不要重蹈覆辙。
- past events以往的事件
- Americans hold past presidents in high regard. 美国人非常尊敬前任总统。
- He is reluctant to speak about his past life as a professional musician. 他不愿谈论他过去作为职业音乐家的生活。
Topics Historya1 [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Topics Languagea1 词源Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass.
past noun /pɑːst/ /pæst/ Idioms the past [singular] the time that has gone by; things that happened in an earlier time过去；昔日；过去的事情- in the past I used to go there often in the past.过去我常去那里。
- He had hurt her so many times in the past.他过去伤害过她很多次。
- 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。
- of the past Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past.写信好像已是昔日的事情了。
- She had learned from her mistakes of the past.她从过去的错误中吸取了教训。
- I feel that the past and the present and the future are all tied together in some way. 感觉过去和现在，未来都是以某种方式捆绑在一起的。
Homophones passed | pastpassed past /pɑːst/ /pæst/ - passed verb (past tense, past participle of pass)
- You've passed all your exams—well done!你通过了所有的考试——干得好！
- past adjective
- It's arguably the best novel of the past 20 years.这可以说是过去20年来最好的小说。
- past noun
- Let's put the past behind us and move on.让我们忘记过去，继续前进。
- past preposition
- You shouldn't be up, it's past your bedtime!你不应该起床，已经过了睡觉时间了！
- Archaeology provides us with tools for reconstructing the past.考古为我们提供了还原历史的工具。
- Don't worry about it—it's all in the past now.别再为那事烦了－都已经过去了。
- I admit that I have made mistakes in the past.我承认我以前犯过错误。
- In an effort to make a complete break with the past, she sold everything and went abroad.为了能和过去彻底地决裂，她变卖一切，去了国外。
- Many modern festivals can be traced back to an ancient past.现代的很多节日都可以追溯到久远的过去。
- Memories from the past came flooding back to him.过去的记忆如潮水般涌现。
- The counselling helped Dan to put the past behind him.通过辅导，丹放下了过去的经历。
- The old market is a living link with the past, unchanged for hundreds of years.这个老市场数百年来没有变化，是追忆旧时岁月的活化石。
- The uncovering of the buried town gives us a unique glimpse of the past.对这个埋在地下的城镇的挖掘让我们对过去有了一点儿特别的认识。
- Those memories belong to the past and I don't want to think about them.那些记忆属于过去，我不愿意再去回想了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + pastpreposition- from the past
- in the past
- into the past
- …
phrases- be all in the past
- a break with the past
- a glimpse of the past
- …
[countable] a person’s past life or career; the history of a place, country, group, etc.（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。
- Little remains from the city's glorious past.这座城市辉煌的过去所剩无几。
- 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）。
- He has a chequered past (= that contains both good and bad periods).他的过去时好时坏。
- He tried in vain to recapture his past.他试图回忆起以前的事情来，但却一无所获。
- He was forced to confront his forgotten past.他被迫面对自己已忘却的过去。
- ghosts from his past他摆脱不掉的往事
- She didn't tell them about her boyfriend's criminal past.她没跟他们提起男友犯过罪。
- The country still suffers as a result of its colonial past.该国昔日曾为殖民地，至今仍深受其害。
- Political parties cannot escape from their pasts any more than individuals can.政党和个人一样，无法逃避自己的过去。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- historic
- historical
- forgotten
- …
verb + past- reflect on
- recapture
- erase
- …
preposition- from your past
- in your past
the past (also past tense) [singular] (grammar语法) the form of a verb used to describe actions in the past（动词）过去式的- The past of ‘shine’ is ‘shone’.“发光”的过去是“发光的”。
Topics Languagea1 词源Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass.
Idioms - (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 (dim and) distant past - a long time ago很久以前；遥远的过去
- stories from the dim and distant past遥远过去的故事
- In the distant past this land was covered in forests.在遥远的过去，这片土地被森林覆盖。
- to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has仿佛生活在过去；落伍
past preposition /pɑːst/ /pæst/ Idioms (North American English also after) later than something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。
Homophones passed | pastpassed past /pɑːst/ /pæst/ - passed verb (past tense, past participle of pass)
- You've passed all your exams—well done!你通过了所有的考试——干得好！
- past adjective
- It's arguably the best novel of the past 20 years.这可以说是过去20年来最好的小说。
- past noun
- Let's put the past behind us and move on.让我们忘记过去，继续前进。
- past preposition
- You shouldn't be up, it's past your bedtime!你不应该起床，已经过了睡觉时间了！
Topics Timea1 on or to the other side of somebody/something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。
词源Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass.
Idioms - (British English, 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。
past adverb /pɑːst/ /pæst/ from one side of something to the other从一侧到另一侧；经过- She smiled at me as she walked past. 她走过时对我笑了笑。
- 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 synonym by- A week went past and nothing had changed.一个星期过去了，情况毫无变化。
- The next two hours seem to whizz past. 接下来的两个小时似乎过得飞快。
词源Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass.
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