past.

美 [pɑ:st]

英 [pɑ:st]

权威英汉双解

past.

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

1.	[sing] 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.	[c] （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）。

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. 失业人数现在已超过了 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。

IDM

	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。

past it

(informal)

（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。

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。