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past past ★★★★★/pɑ͟ːst, pæ̱st/In addition to the uses shown below, past is used in the phrasal verb ‘run past’.除下列用法外，past还可以用于短语动词run past。1[N-SING	单数名词]过去；往昔 The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened.   [the N]  [V inflects]  [disapproval]In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost...过去，患有糖尿病的女性生下的孩子中约有1/3夭折了。He should learn from the mistakes of the past. We have been here before...他应该从过去的错误中吸取教训。我们有过同样的经历。We would like to put the past behind us.我们想抛开过去。If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.生活在过去；留恋往昔What was the point in living in the past, thinking about what had or had not happened?老是生活在过去，想着曾经发生过，或是没有发生过什么，有什么意义？2[N-COUNT	可数名词]经历；过去之事 Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you.   [usu sing]...revelations about his past.曝光他的过去...Germany's recent past.德国不久前的过去3[ADJ	形容词]过去的；以前的 Past events and things happened or existed before the present time.   [ADJ n]  [LITERARY 文]I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help...根据过去的经验，我知道替代疗法可能有用。...a return to the turbulence of past centuries...回到过去几个世纪的动荡状态The list of past champions includes many British internationals.历届冠军榜中包括很多英国世界冠军。Past is also used after periods of time.（past亦用于时间段之后）A South Korean newspaper said today the event will be smaller than in years past.一份韩国报纸今天说活动的规模不会有前些年那么大。4[ADJ	形容词]刚过去的 You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished.   [det ADJ n]Most shops have remained closed for the past three days.过去3天大多数商店一直都没有营业。...the momentous events of the past few days.过去几天的重大事件5[ADJ	形容词]过去了的；结束了的 If a situation is past, it has ended and no longer exists.   [v-link ADJ]  [LITERARY 文]Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past.很多经济学家认为经济衰退最糟糕的时期已经过去了。...images from years long past...很多年以前的形象The time for loyalty is past.忠诚已经过时了。6[ADJ	形容词]See also:past perfect；（动词）过去时的 In grammar, the past tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened at some time before the present. The simple past tense uses the past form of a verb, which for regular verbs ends in '-ed', as in 'They walked back to the car'.   [ADJ n]7[PREP	介词]（钟点）过（…分） You use past when you are stating a time which is thirty minutes or less after a particular hour. For example, if it is twenty past six, it is twenty minutes after six o'clock.   [num PREP num]It's ten past eleven...现在是11点过10分。I arrived at half past ten.我10点半到的。Past is also an adverb.I have my lunch at half past.我半点的时候吃午饭。8[PREP	介词]在…之后；晚于 If it is past a particular time, it is later than that time. It was past midnight...午夜已过。It's past your bedtime.你的就寝时间已经过了。9[PREP	介词]经过 If you go past someone or something, you go near them and keep moving, so that they are then behind you. I dashed past him and out of the door...我从他身边跑过，夺门而出。A steady procession of people filed past the coffin...人们排成一队，一个接一个地从灵柩旁走过。He was never able to get past the border guards.他从未能够通过边防哨兵的检查。Past is also an adverb.An ambulance drove past.一辆救护车开了过去。10[PREP	介词]越过 If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them.   [v PREP n]She stared past Christine at the bed.她的目光越过克里斯蒂娜盯着床。11[PREP	介词]在…的另一侧 If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it.   [v-link PREP n]Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow...沿着15号州际公路一直向北，一过巴斯托就从出口驶出。Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。12[PREP	介词]超过，超出（某一点或阶段） If someone or something is past a particular point or stage, they are no longer at that point or stage.   [usu v-link PREP n]He was well past retirement age...他早过了退休年龄。They felt that, at 69 or so, Mr Peters was past his prime.他们觉得69岁左右的彼得斯先生已经风光不再了。...a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date...一块过期4周的奶酪The situation is long past the stage when anyone's advice would help.情况早变了，不是谁提个建议就能补救的事儿。13[PREP	介词]再也无法 If you are past doing something, you are no longer able to do it. For example, if you are past caring, you do not care about something any more because so many bad things have happened to you.   [v-link PREP -ing]  [v-link PHR]  [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]She was past caring about anything by then and just wanted the pain to end...那时，她已经什么都不在乎了，只盼着疼痛能够止住。Often by the time they do accept the truth they are past being able to put words to feelings.往往等他们真正接受事实时，他们已无法用语言形容自己的感情了。If you say that someone or something is past it, they are no longer able to do what they used to do.已力不从心；已不能用I suppose they're saying that I'm past it...我猜想他们是在说我已经力不从心了。We could do with a new car. The one we've got is a bit past it.我们可以弄辆新车，现在那辆已经不太好使了。14[PHRASE	短语]（某人做某事）并不令人意外 If you say that you would not put it past someone to do something bad, you mean that you would not be surprised if they did it because you think their character is bad.   [oft PHR to-inf]You know what she's like. I wouldn't put it past her to call the police and say I stole them.你知道她是个什么样的人。要是她打电话报警说我偷了它们，一点儿也不奇怪。 past1 adjectivepast2 preposition, adverbpast3 nounpastpast1 /pɑːst $ pæst/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective  Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1previous [only before noun] done, used, or experienced before now:  Judging by her past performance, Jane should do very well. From past experience she knew that it was no use arguing with him. Study some past exam papers to get an idea of the questions.2recent [only before noun] used to refer to a period up until now:  the events of the past year During the past two weeks, 12 people have died of the disease. She has been feeling tired for the past few days.3finished finished or having come to an end:  Winter is past and spring has come at last. writers from past centuries a tradition rooted in times long past4former [only before noun] having held a particular position in the past or achieved a particular honour in the pastpast president/member/winner etc a past president of the golf club a celebration for past and present employees of the newspaper Bruce Jenner, a past Olympic champion5grammar [only before noun] relating to the past tensepast1 adjectivepast2 preposition, adverbpast3 nounpastpast2 ●●● S1 W2 preposition, adverb  Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1later than a particular time:  It’s ten past nine. I should be finished by half past  (=30 minutes after the hour). It was past midnight when the party ended. Come on Annie, it’s long past your bedtime.2further than a particular place:  The hospital’s just up this road, about a mile past the school. There are parking spaces over there, just past (=a little further than) the garage.3up to and beyond a person or place, without stopping:  She waved as she drove past. Will you be going past my house on your way home?straight/right past (=used to emphasize that someone passes close to you and does not stop) Monica hurried straight past me and down the steps.4if a period of time goes past, it passes:  Weeks went past without any news. The hours seemed to fly past.5beyond or no longer at a particular point or stage:  The roses were already past their best. Reid never really got past the stage of copying other artists. a pot of yoghurt well past its sell-by date an Italian singer who was then past her prime  (=no longer strong and active) I’m past caring about my appearance  (=I do not care about it anymore).6I wouldn’t put it past somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that you would not be surprised if someone did something bad or unusual because it is typical of them to do that type of thing:  I wouldn’t put it past Colin to cheat.7past it British English spoken too old to be able to do what you used to do, or too old to be useful:  People seem to think that just because I’m retired, I’m past it.8be past due American English something that is past due has not been paid or done by the time it should have beenpast1 adjectivepast2 preposition, adverbpast3 nounpastpast3 ●●● S1 W2 noun  Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1the past a)the time that existed before the presentin the past The lake was smaller in the past. Good manners have become a thing of the past (=something that does not exist anymore). It’s time she stopped living in the past (=thinking only about the past) and began to think about her future.the recent/immediate/distant past She allowed her mind to drift towards the recent past. I did a law degree some time in the dim and distant past (=a long time ago). b)the past tense2all in the past spoken used to say that an unpleasant experience has ended and can be forgotten:  You mustn’t think about it. It’s all in the past now.3[singular] the past life or existence of someone or something:  At some time in its past the church was rebuilt. The woman who ran the bar had a very shady past (=events in her past which might be considered bad).COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe recent past· The optimistic economic climate of the recent past has gone.the distant/remote past· Rivers of molten lava clearly flowed here in the distant past.the immediate past (=the very recent past)· In order to understand the present, we must look at the immediate past.verbsforget the past· Forget the past and focus on the future.be living in the past (=think only about the past)· You’ve got to stop living in the past.phrasesbe/become a thing of the past (=not exist anymore, or stop existing)· We hope that smoking will become a thing of the past.a break with the past (=when something is done in a completely different way to how it was done in the past)· These policies are a break with the past.in the dim and distant past (=a very long time ago)· I think she sang Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest sometime in the dim and distant past.THESAURUSin the past at a time before now, especially a long time ago: · In the past, most children didn’t go to school at all.· We had a big argument, but it’s all in the past now.in those days/in the old days a long time ago in your life, or in your parents’ or grandparents’ lives, when things were different: · £5 was a lot of money in those days.· In the old days, only very rich people had cars.at one time used for saying that something was true in the past, but is not now: · At one time there were six schools in the village.· I would have agreed with you at one time.back in the day informal used when you are talking about a time in the past, especially one that you remember as being very good: · I loved Blondie back in the day.· Back in the day, everyone would meet at the boys’ club.

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jEPoK/1xFvkT+4I2iOf8EUfiwc3/FqHn/sDJJO1tQaUChAeSZLj/xJBCo6/a1i3iSA+wrIg0MO3W39g3qvJXHDR1KofrgF5hhcgVmbYURJVO5reHnjc5biPgKH0Rf1h5Ckmp3qXW24A0QgJHetJPX49yRrW73IbPFUe+U5Q0KhnRcQVSG08PBDOLuxVfp56MpKln1+v5XhK0Wku4bXkX+55mRsydEscPOu+rj93Z0mGEfBHJKzEKZl2KLr806ny/             past              ★                    /        pɑːst                ;          NAmE                pæst                /                              adjective                ,                  noun                ,                  preposition                ,                  adverb                            past      pasts                            adjective        ★                    1      ★              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。                    2      ★              [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。                    3      ★              [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 studentsof the college                学院的老校友和现在的在校生                    ◆        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。                    4              [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                                          noun        ★                    1      ★      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                            ◆        I used to go there often in the past.        过去我常去那里。                    ◆        the          recent/distant past                最近的╱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。                    2      ★              [countable        ]                    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）。                    3      the past              [singular        ]            (        grammar          语法        )            =                                            past tense                                                  IDIOMsee                                    blast                                   n.            ,                                    distant                              ,                                    live                          1                                  preposition        ★                    1      ★              (                  NAmE also                after        )                    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。                    2      ★              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 pastus!                他迳直与我们擦肩而过！                    3      ★              above or further than a particular point or stage          多于；超过                            ◆        Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.        失业人口现在已超过了 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 caringwhat happens          (= I can no longer be bothered to care).                老实说，我已什么事都不关心了。                    IDIOM              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。                                                    adverb        ★                    1      ★              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。                    2      ★              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。                        past              /        pɑːst                ;          NAmE                pæst                /             past[pɑ:st]CET4CET6TEM4考研i139030572394915270532144111621r364786248783730149912971220j68061544106285469143141763013503n97742721866156317897840812124ADJ9121718292NOUN1478996693PREP2403546641ADV5331168806Spoken:482137908pasts[304]过(75%)，过去的(23%)，经过(2%)n.过去；往事prep.越过；晚于adj.过去的；结束的adv.过；经过

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Collins	past ★★★★★ /pɑ͟ːst, pæ̱st/ In addition to the uses shown below, past is used in the phrasal verb ‘run past’. 除下列用法外，past还可以用于短语动词run past。 1 [N-SING 单数名词]过去；往昔 The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened. [the N] [V inflects] [disapproval] In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost... 过去，患有糖尿病的女性生下的孩子中约有1/3夭折了。 He should learn from the mistakes of the past. We have been here before... 他应该从过去的错误中吸取教训。我们有过同样的经历。 We would like to put the past behind us. 我们想抛开过去。 If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.生活在过去；留恋往昔 What was the point in living in the past, thinking about what had or had not happened? 老是生活在过去，想着曾经发生过，或是没有发生过什么，有什么意义？ 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]经历；过去之事 Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you. [usu sing] ...revelations about his past. 曝光他的过去 ...Germany's recent past. 德国不久前的过去 3 [ADJ 形容词]过去的；以前的 Past events and things happened or existed before the present time. [ADJ n] [LITERARY 文] I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help... 根据过去的经验，我知道替代疗法可能有用。 ...a return to the turbulence of past centuries... 回到过去几个世纪的动荡状态 The list of past champions includes many British internationals. 历届冠军榜中包括很多英国世界冠军。 Past is also used after periods of time.（past亦用于时间段之后） A South Korean newspaper said today the event will be smaller than in years past. 一份韩国报纸今天说活动的规模不会有前些年那么大。 4 [ADJ 形容词]刚过去的 You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished. [det ADJ n] Most shops have remained closed for the past three days. 过去3天大多数商店一直都没有营业。 ...the momentous events of the past few days. 过去几天的重大事件 5 [ADJ 形容词]过去了的；结束了的 If a situation is past, it has ended and no longer exists. [v-link ADJ] [LITERARY 文] Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past. 很多经济学家认为经济衰退最糟糕的时期已经过去了。 ...images from years long past... 很多年以前的形象 The time for loyalty is past. 忠诚已经过时了。 6 [ADJ 形容词]See also:past perfect ；（动词）过去时的 In grammar, the past tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened at some time before the present. The simple past tense uses the past form of a verb, which for regular verbs ends in '-ed', as in 'They walked back to the car'. [ADJ n] 7 [PREP 介词]（钟点）过（…分） You use past when you are stating a time which is thirty minutes or less after a particular hour. For example, if it is twenty past six, it is twenty minutes after six o'clock. [num PREP num] It's ten past eleven... 现在是11点过10分。 I arrived at half past ten. 我10点半到的。 Past is also an adverb. I have my lunch at half past. 我半点的时候吃午饭。 8 [PREP 介词]在…之后；晚于 If it is past a particular time, it is later than that time. It was past midnight... 午夜已过。 It's past your bedtime. 你的就寝时间已经过了。 9 [PREP 介词]经过 If you go past someone or something, you go near them and keep moving, so that they are then behind you. I dashed past him and out of the door... 我从他身边跑过，夺门而出。 A steady procession of people filed past the coffin... 人们排成一队，一个接一个地从灵柩旁走过。 He was never able to get past the border guards. 他从未能够通过边防哨兵的检查。 Past is also an adverb. An ambulance drove past. 一辆救护车开了过去。 10 [PREP 介词]越过 If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them. [v PREP n] She stared past Christine at the bed. 她的目光越过克里斯蒂娜盯着床。 11 [PREP 介词]在…的另一侧 If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it. [v-link PREP n] Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow... 沿着15号州际公路一直向北，一过巴斯托就从出口驶出。 Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights. 在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。 12 [PREP 介词]超过，超出（某一点或阶段） If someone or something is past a particular point or stage, they are no longer at that point or stage. [usu v-link PREP n] He was well past retirement age... 他早过了退休年龄。 They felt that, at 69 or so, Mr Peters was past his prime. 他们觉得69岁左右的彼得斯先生已经风光不再了。 ...a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date... 一块过期4周的奶酪 The situation is long past the stage when anyone's advice would help. 情况早变了，不是谁提个建议就能补救的事儿。 13 [PREP 介词]再也无法 If you are past doing something, you are no longer able to do it. For example, if you are past caring, you do not care about something any more because so many bad things have happened to you. [v-link PREP -ing] [v-link PHR] [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] She was past caring about anything by then and just wanted the pain to end... 那时，她已经什么都不在乎了，只盼着疼痛能够止住。 Often by the time they do accept the truth they are past being able to put words to feelings. 往往等他们真正接受事实时，他们已无法用语言形容自己的感情了。 If you say that someone or something is past it, they are no longer able to do what they used to do.已力不从心；已不能用 I suppose they're saying that I'm past it... 我猜想他们是在说我已经力不从心了。 We could do with a new car. The one we've got is a bit past it. 我们可以弄辆新车，现在那辆已经不太好使了。 14 [PHRASE 短语]（某人做某事）并不令人意外 If you say that you would not put it past someone to do something bad, you mean that you would not be surprised if they did it because you think their character is bad. [oft PHR to-inf] You know what she's like. I wouldn't put it past her to call the police and say I stole them. 你知道她是个什么样的人。要是她打电话报警说我偷了它们，一点儿也不奇怪。
Oxford	past ★ / pɑːst ; NAmE pæst / adjective , noun , preposition , adverb past pasts adjective ★ 1 ★ 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。 2 ★ [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。 3 ★ [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 studentsof the college 学院的老校友和现在的在校生 ◆ 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。 4 [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 noun ★ 1 ★ 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 ◆ I used to go there often in the past. 过去我常去那里。 ◆ the recent/distant past 最近的╱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。 2 ★ [countable ] 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）。 3 the past [singular ] ( grammar 语法 ) = past tense IDIOMsee blast n. , distant , live 1 preposition ★ 1 ★ ( NAmE also after ) 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。 2 ★ 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 pastus! 他迳直与我们擦肩而过！ 3 ★ above or further than a particular point or stage 多于；超过 ◆ Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark. 失业人口现在已超过了 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 caringwhat happens (= I can no longer be bothered to care). 老实说，我已什么事都不关心了。 IDIOM 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。 adverb ★ 1 ★ 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。 2 ★ 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。 past / pɑːst ; NAmE pæst /
LDC	past1 adjective past2 preposition, adverb past3 noun pastpast1 /pɑːst $ pæst/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1previous [only before noun] done, used, or experienced before now: Judging by her past performance, Jane should do very well. From past experience she knew that it was no use arguing with him. Study some past exam papers to get an idea of the questions.2recent [only before noun] used to refer to a period up until now: the events of the past year During the past two weeks, 12 people have died of the disease. She has been feeling tired for the past few days.3finished finished or having come to an end: Winter is past and spring has come at last. writers from past centuries a tradition rooted in times long past4former [only before noun] having held a particular position in the past or achieved a particular honour in the pastpast president/member/winner etc a past president of the golf club a celebration for past and present employees of the newspaper Bruce Jenner, a past Olympic champion5grammar [only before noun] relating to the past tense past1 adjective past2 preposition, adverb past3 noun pastpast2 ●●● S1 W2 preposition, adverb Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1later than a particular time: It’s ten past nine. I should be finished by half past (=30 minutes after the hour). It was past midnight when the party ended. Come on Annie, it’s long past your bedtime.2further than a particular place: The hospital’s just up this road, about a mile past the school. There are parking spaces over there, just past (=a little further than) the garage.3up to and beyond a person or place, without stopping: She waved as she drove past. Will you be going past my house on your way home?straight/right past (=used to emphasize that someone passes close to you and does not stop) Monica hurried straight past me and down the steps.4if a period of time goes past, it passes: Weeks went past without any news. The hours seemed to fly past.5beyond or no longer at a particular point or stage: The roses were already past their best. Reid never really got past the stage of copying other artists. a pot of yoghurt well past its sell-by date an Italian singer who was then past her prime (=no longer strong and active) I’m past caring about my appearance (=I do not care about it anymore).6I wouldn’t put it past somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that you would not be surprised if someone did something bad or unusual because it is typical of them to do that type of thing: I wouldn’t put it past Colin to cheat.7past it British English spoken too old to be able to do what you used to do, or too old to be useful: People seem to think that just because I’m retired, I’m past it.8be past due American English something that is past due has not been paid or done by the time it should have been past1 adjective past2 preposition, adverb past3 noun pastpast3 ●●● S1 W2 noun Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1the past a)the time that existed before the presentin the past The lake was smaller in the past. Good manners have become a thing of the past (=something that does not exist anymore). It’s time she stopped living in the past (=thinking only about the past) and began to think about her future.the recent/immediate/distant past She allowed her mind to drift towards the recent past. I did a law degree some time in the dim and distant past (=a long time ago). b)the past tense2all in the past spoken used to say that an unpleasant experience has ended and can be forgotten: You mustn’t think about it. It’s all in the past now.3[singular] the past life or existence of someone or something: At some time in its past the church was rebuilt. The woman who ran the bar had a very shady past (=events in her past which might be considered bad).COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe recent past· The optimistic economic climate of the recent past has gone.the distant/remote past· Rivers of molten lava clearly flowed here in the distant past.the immediate past (=the very recent past)· In order to understand the present, we must look at the immediate past.verbsforget the past· Forget the past and focus on the future.be living in the past (=think only about the past)· You’ve got to stop living in the past.phrasesbe/become a thing of the past (=not exist anymore, or stop existing)· We hope that smoking will become a thing of the past.a break with the past (=when something is done in a completely different way to how it was done in the past)· These policies are a break with the past.in the dim and distant past (=a very long time ago)· I think she sang Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest sometime in the dim and distant past.THESAURUSin the past at a time before now, especially a long time ago: · In the past, most children didn’t go to school at all.· We had a big argument, but it’s all in the past now.in those days/in the old days a long time ago in your life, or in your parents’ or grandparents’ lives, when things were different: · £5 was a lot of money in those days.· In the old days, only very rich people had cars.at one time used for saying that something was true in the past, but is not now: · At one time there were six schools in the village.· I would have agreed with you at one time.back in the day informal used when you are talking about a time in the past, especially one that you remember as being very good: · I loved Blondie back in the day.· Back in the day, everyone would meet at the boys’ club.
WDF	past [pɑ:st] CET4CET6TEM4考研 i1390 30572 3949 15270 5321 4411 1621 r3647 8624 878 3730 1499 1297 1220 j680 61544 10628 5469 14314 17630 13503 n977 42721 8661 5631 7897 8408 12124 ADJ912 1718292 NOUN1478 996693 PREP2403 546641 ADV5331 168806 Spoken: 482137908 pasts[304] 过(75%)，过去的(23%)，经过(2%) n.过去；往事 prep.越过；晚于 adj.过去的；结束的 adv.过；经过

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