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past prep.过；经过adv.过adj.过去的n.过去；昔日；过去的事情；过去的经历；往事 (1) 我们到家时已过半夜.(2) 他匆忙从我身边走过，连停都没停。(3) 他们一步不停地走了过去。(4) 我们开车经过那座房子。(5) 他的痛苦现在已经过去。 They say the past is history and it's true. If you have ever been accused of "living in the past," you cling to what was instead of reveling in what is. If you hear that a person or a rare object in an antique store "has a past," get ready for a colorful story. As an adjective, past describes what is no longer current, like the past president of a club or past fashion craze — it's over: its time has passed.

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英 [pɑːst] 美 [pæst] (1) It was past midnight when we got home.(2) He hurried past me without stopping.(3) They walked past without stopping(4) We drove past the house.(5) His pain is past now. Past events have already happened — if it happened an Ice Age ago, a century ago, or even a minute ago, it's in the past. 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。

英语单词	past
英美音标	英 [pɑːst] 美 [pæst]
中文释义	prep.过；经过 adv.过 adj.过去的 n.过去；昔日；过去的事情；过去的经历；往事
英语例句	(1) It was past midnight when we got home. (2) He hurried past me without stopping. (3) They walked past without stopping (4) We drove past the house. (5) His pain is past now.
中文例句	(1) 我们到家时已过半夜. (2) 他匆忙从我身边走过，连停都没停。 (3) 他们一步不停地走了过去。 (4) 我们开车经过那座房子。 (5) 他的痛苦现在已经过去。
vocabulary简明	Past events have already happened — if it happened an Ice Age ago, a century ago, or even a minute ago, it's in the past.
vocabulary扩展	They say the past is history and it's true. If you have ever been accused of "living in the past," you cling to what was instead of reveling in what is. If you hear that a person or a rare object in an antique store "has a past," get ready for a colorful story. As an adjective, past describes what is no longer current, like the past president of a club or past fashion craze — it's over: its time has passed.
柯林斯解释	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。

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