past
英 [pɑːst]
美 [pæst]
- n. 过去；往事
- adj. 过去的；结束的
- prep. 越过；晚于
- adv. 过；经过
中文词源
英文词源
- past
- past: [13] Past originated simply as a variant spelling of passed, the past participle of pass. The earliest unequivocal examples of it are as a preposition, but its adjectival use followed in the 14th century, and by the 16th century it was being employed as a noun too (the past).
=> pass - past (adj.)
- c. 1300, "done with, over," from past participle of passen "go by" (see pass (v.)). Past participle is recorded from 1798; past tense from 1813.
- past (n.)
- "times gone by," 1580s, from past (adj.).
双语例句
- 1. I must have driven past that place thousands of times.
- 我得有上千次开车经过那里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up.
- 当迈拉告诉卡普她会把他的过去全抖搂出去时，卡普大为光火。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.
- 他们差不多快到船边时，一个人影从他们旁边飞奔而过。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.
- 他过去曾与许多女演员和女小说家调情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句