past
英 [pɑ?st]美[p?st]
- n. 過去；往事
- adj. 過去的；結束的
- prep. 越過；晚于
- adv. 過；經過
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詞態變化
復數:?pasts;
中文詞源
past 過去的，以往的
來自pass的過去分詞。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. I must have driven past that place thousands of times.
- 我得有上千次開車經過那里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up.
- 當邁拉告訴卡普她會把他的過去全抖摟出去時，卡普大為光火。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.
- 他們差不多快到船邊時，一個人影從他們旁邊飛奔而過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.
- 他過去曾與許多女演員和女小說家調情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.
- 沿著15號州際公路一直向北，一過巴斯托就從出口駛出。
來自柯林斯例句
