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
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中文词源

past 过去的，以往的

来自pass的过去分词。

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