单词 | past |
释义 | past2 /pa: st US: paest; paest/ prep 1 beyond in time; after: 在时间上超过; 在…之后: half ~ two; 两点半; ten (minutes) ~ six; 六点十分; buses every twenty minutes ~ the hour, ie at 1.20, 2.20, 3.20, etc; 公龚汽车每小时过廿分开一班 (即一点二十分、两点二十分、三点二十分等各一班); stay out until ~ 11 o'clock; 留在外面到 +— 点过后 (才回来); an old man ~ seventy; 七十多岁的老人; a woman ~ middle age. 过了中年的妇人。 2 beyond in space; up to and farther than: 卷空蔺上超过; 经过; 经由: He walked ~ the house. 他走过那房子。 He hurried ~ me without stopping to speak. 他匆忙地从我身旁走过,没有停下来说话 oThe driver took the bus ~ the traffic signal. 司机开着公车通过交通号志。 3 beyond the limits, power or range of: 超过…之限制、权力或范围: The old man is ~ work, too old, weak, etc to work. 这老人再也不能工作了。 She's ~ child-bearing, too old to bear a child. 她不能再生育了。 The pain was almost ~ bearing, too severe to be endured. 这种痛苦实在叫人受不了。 He's ~ praying for, There's no hope of cure, improvement, etc. 他白经没救了。 She's ~ caring what happens, has reached the stage of complete indifference, is quite resigned to ill fortune, etc. 她对一切都不在乎了。 be/get ~ it, (col-loq) be no longer able to do the things one could formerly do: (俗) 再也不能做过去所能做的事了: My gardener is over seventy-five and I'm afraid he's getting ~ it. 我的园丁已超过七十五岁, 恐怕已力不从心了。 wouldn't put sth '~ sb. consider him capable of doing sth disreputable, unusual, etc: 认为某人会做出不名声或不寻常等的事来: You may say that he is honest but I wouldn't put it ~ him to run off with the money. 你可以说他很诚实,但我认为他会携款潜逃。 adv (in the sense of 2 above) : (照上列第 2 义): walk/march/go/run/ hurry ~. 走过 (齐步走过; 经过; 跑过; 匆匆走过) 。 |
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