past

美 [pæst]英 [pɑːst]
  • adj.过去的;以往的;从前的;昔日的;(动词)过去式的;刚过去的;刚结束的
  • n.过去;昔日;过去的事情;(某人)过去的经历(或事业)
  • prep.超过;在…之后;多于;在另一边;晚于;到另一侧
  • adv.(时间)过去,逝去;经过;从一侧到另一侧

复数: pasts

pastpast

adj.

1

过去的;昔日的
gone by in time

in past years/centuries/ages

在过去的岁月 / 世纪 / 时代

in times past

在过去

The time for discussion is past.

讨论的时间已过。

2

刚过去的;刚结束的
gone by recently; just ended

I haven't seen much of her in the past few weeks.

近几周来我很少见到她。

The past month has been really busy at work.

上个月工作实在是忙。

3

从前的;以往的
belonging to an earlier time

past events

以往的事件

From past experience I'd say he'd probably forgotten the time.

根据过去的经验,我想他可能把时间忘了。

past and present students of the college

学院的老校友和现在的在校生

Let's forget about who was more to blame─it's all past history .

咱们且忘掉更该责怪谁吧——那都是陈年旧账了。

4

(动词)过去式的
connected with the form of a verb used to express actions in the past

noun

1

过去;昔日;过去的事情
the time that has gone by; things that happened in an earlier time

I used to go there often in the past.

过去我常去那里。

the recent/distant past

最近的 / 遥远的过去

She looked back on the past without regret.

她回首往事毫无遗憾。

Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past .

写信好像已是昔日的事情了。

2

(某人)过去的经历(或事业)
a person's past life or career

We don't know anything about his past.

我们对他的过去一无所知。

They say she has a ‘past’ (= bad things in her past life that she wishes to keep secret) .

据说她有一段“过去”(不名誉的秘史)。

3


习语

a person or thing from your past that you see, hear, meet, etc. again in the present

a long time ago

很久以前的故事
stories from the distant past

to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has

prep.

1

晚于;在…之后
later than sth

half past two

两点半

ten (minutes) past six

六点过十分

There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour (= at 1.20, 2.20, etc.) .

每小时逢二十分发一班公共汽车。

We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past (= ten minutes past two) .

我们两点钟到达,十分钟后离开。

It was past midnight when we got home.

我们到家已是午夜之后了。

2

在另一边;到另一侧
on or to the other side of sb/sth

We live in the house just past the church.

我们就住在挨着教堂那边的房子里。

He hurried past them without stopping.

他匆匆走过他们身边,连停都没停。

He just walked straight past us!

他与我们擦肩而过!

3

多于;超过
above or further than a particular point or stage

Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.

失业人口现在已超过了300万大关。

The flowers are past their best.

这些花已过了盛开的季节。

He's past his prime.

他已不再年富力强了。

She's long past retirement age.

她早已超过了退休年龄。

Honestly, I'm past caring what happens (= I can no longer be bothered to care) .

老实说,我已什么事都不关心了。

习语

too old to do what you used to be able to do; too old to be used for its normal function

在某些运动中,人过25岁就难有作为了。
In some sports you're past it by the age of 25.

That coat is looking decidedly past it.

那件外衣看来绝对穿不出去了。

adv.

1

从一侧到另一侧;经过
from one side of sth to the other

I called out to him as he ran past.

他跑过时,我大声喊他。

2

(时间)过去,逝去
used to describe time passing

A week went past and nothing had changed.

一个星期过去了,情况毫无变化。

past

频次

  • 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。

  • 2
    N-SING 过去;往昔
    The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened.

    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。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 经历;过去之事
    Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you.

    ...revelations about his past.

    曝光他的过去

  • 4
    ADJ 过去的;以前的
    Past events and things happened or existed before the present time.

    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。

  • 5
    ADJ 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.

    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。

  • 6
    ADJ 过去了的;结束了的
    If a situation is past, it has ended and no longer exists.

    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。

  • 7
    ADJ (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'.

    See also:past perfect

  • 8
    PREP (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.

    It's ten past eleven...

    现在是11点过10分。

  • 9
    PREP 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。

  • 10
    PREP 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。

  • 11
    PREP 越过
    If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them.

    She stared past Christine at the bed.

    她的目光越过克里斯蒂娜盯着床。

  • 12
    PREP 在…的另一侧
    If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it.

    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。

  • 13
    PREP 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.

    He was well past retirement age...

    他早过了退休年龄。

  • 14
    PREP 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.

    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。

  • 15
    PHRASE (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.

    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。

noun

1
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
Synonym: past tense
2
the time that has elapsed
forget the past
Synonym: past times yesteryear
3
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
reporters dug into the candidate's past

adj

1
earlier than the present time;no longer current
time past
his youth is past
this past Thursday
the past year

adv

1
so as to pass a given point
every hour a train goes past
Synonym: by

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  1. Her technique has improved a lot over the past season .

    在过去的一个赛季里,她的技术大有长进。

  2. They 've held the championship for the past two years .

    他们在过去的两年里一直保持着冠军地位。

  3. He didn 't make it past first base .

    他未能跑过一垒。

  4. He needed to make a complete break with the past .

    他得与过去彻底告别。

  5. We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past .

    我们两点钟到达,十分钟后离开。

  6. Costs have been reduced by 20 % over the past year .

    过去一年,各项费用已经减少了20%。

  7. They say she has a ' past ' .

    据说她有一段“过去”。

  8. He has matured a great deal over the past year .

    经过过去这一年,他成熟了许多。

  9. In some sports you 're past it by the age of 25 .

    在某些运动中,人过25岁就难有作为了。

  10. The time is now half past ten .

    现在是十点半。

  11. I haven 't seen much of her in the past few weeks .

    近几周来我很少见到她。

  12. She 's a past master at getting what she wants .

    她可是个精明的人,想要什么就能得到什么。

  13. Every time a bus went past , the windows rattled .

    每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。

  14. We live just up the road , past the post office .

    我们就住在路的前面,刚过邮局的地方。

  15. Do you know how to form the past tense ?

    你知道怎样构成过去时吗?

  16. Terrorism has gripped the country for the past two years .

    两年来恐怖主义一直笼罩着这个国家。

  17. If you move forward a little , I can squeeze past .

    你朝前挪一挪,我就可以挤过去了。

  18. I must be going home ; it 's way past my bedtime .

    我得回家了,早过了我的就寝时间了。

  19. I 've had my fair share of success in the past .

    过去我已经取得了应有的成功。

  20. For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives .

    三年来,他们完全是各过各的生活。

  21. If past experience is anything to go by , they 'll be late .

    凭以往的经验看,他们会迟到的。

  22. She knew from past experience that Ann would not give up easily .

    她凭以往的经验知道安是不会轻易放弃的。

  23. A week went past and nothing had changed .

    一个星期过去了,情况毫无变化。

  24. We live in the house just past the church .

    我们就住在挨着教堂那边的房子里。

  25. I called out to him as he ran past .

    他跑过时,我大声喊他。

  26. She kept her past secret from us all .

    她对我们所有人都避而不谈她的过去。

  27. Over the past year , the company has joined the big league .

    去年一年中,公司已跻身一流之列。

  28. When they finally arrived it was well past midnight .

    他们最后到达时已是第二天的凌晨。

  29. I 've had my share of luck in the past .

    以前,命运也不算亏待我。

  30. Public attitudes towards marriage have shifted over the past 50 years .

    50年来,公众对婚姻的态度已经改变。

  • 习语

n.

a blast from the past

(现在又看见、听到、遇到等的)故人,往事,旧物
a person or thing from your past that you see, hear, meet, etc. again in the present

the (dim and) distant past

很久以前;遥远的过去
a long time ago

stories from the distant past

很久以前的故事

live in the past

仿佛生活在过去的社会中;落伍
to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has

prep.

past it

(人)过老而无用;(物)旧得不宜使用
too old to do what you used to be able to do; too old to be used for its normal function

In some sports you're past it by the age of 25.

在某些运动中,人过25岁就难有作为了。

That coat is looking decidedly past it.

那件外衣看来绝对穿不出去了。