单词 | pass |
释义 | passWord family noun pass overpass ≠ underpass passage passing passablenesspasserpassimeterpassbookpasskeypassmanpassoutpasswordadjective passing passable ≠ impassable passlessverb pass adverbpassably , Parliaments, Law, Government, Sport Educationpass1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 go past 经过 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PASS/GO PAST to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them 经过,越过 The crowd parted to let the truck pass. 人群分开让卡车通过。 He gave me a smile as he passed. 他经过时对我微笑了一下。 We passed a group of students outside the theatre. 我们在戏院外从一群学生身旁经过。 I pass the sports centre on the way to work. 我上班的路上经过体育中心。 2 move/go 移动/行进 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO to go or travel along or through a place 前行,穿过 He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building. 他穿过走廊来到大楼后面的一间小房间。 We passed through the gates into a courtyard behind. 我们穿过几道门进了后面的院子。 We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you. 我们正好经过,于是就想到顺便来看看你。 3 put 放 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to put something around, through, or across something else 使环绕;使穿过 He passed the rope carefully around the post. 他把绳子小心地绕在柱子上。 4 road/river etc 道路/河流等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]GO a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place 经过,通过,穿过 The road passes right through the town centre. 那条路正好穿过镇中心。 The main railway line passes just north of Manchester. 那条铁路干线正好经过曼彻斯特北面。 5 give 给 [transitiveT]GIVE to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else 给;递;传递 Pass the salt, please. 请把盐递过来。 pass somebody something Can you pass me that bag by your feet? 能把你脚边的那个包递给我吗? pass something to somebody → pass around She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster. 她递给校长一杯茶。 I passed the note back to her. 我把纸条递还给她。 6 give information 提供信息 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SEND to give information or a job to another person so that they can deal with it 把〔信息或工作〕转给某人〔以便处理〕 pass something (on/over/back) to somebody I’ll pass the information on to our sales department. 我会把信息转给我们的销售部。 They’ve passed the enquiry over to the police. 他们把调查事宜转给了警方处理。 7 time 时间 a) [intransitiveI]PASS/TIME PASSING if time passes, it goes by 〔时间〕过去,流逝 The days passed slowly. 日子慢慢地过去。 She became more ambitious as the years passed. 一年年过去,她变得愈加雄心勃勃。 They sat in silence while the minutes passed. 时间一分一秒地过去,他们坐着沉默不语。 Hardly a day passes without more bad news about the economy (=there is bad news almost every day). 几乎没有哪一天不传出经济方面的坏消息。 b) [transitiveT]SPEND TIME if you pass time or pass your life in a particular way, you spend it in that way 度过〔时间〕 We passed the winter pleasantly enough. 我们相当愉快地度过了那个冬季。 We played cards to pass the time (=to help us stop feeling bored). 我们打扑克牌消磨时间。 Register In everyday English, people usually say that they spend time doing something rather than pass time: 在日常英语中,人们表示花时间做某事时,常说spend time,而不说 pass time I spent the whole day watching TV. 我一整天都在看电视。 8 exam/test 考试/测试 a) SEPASS A TEST[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to succeed in an examination or test 考试及格;通过(考试) OPP fail Did you pass all your exams? 你考试都及格了吗? He hasn’t passed his driving test yet. 他还没有通过驾驶考试。 She passed with flying colours (=got very high marks). 她以高分通过。 b) [transitiveT]SEPASS A TEST to officially decide that someone has succeeded in an examination or test 让〔某人〕通过考试[测试] OPP fail The examiners will only pass you if they feel that you have done the work properly. 只有考官认为你把工作做好了,他们才会让你通过考试。 9 law/proposal 法律/提案 a) [transitiveT]PGPSCL to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting 〔尤指以投票方式〕通过〔法律或提案〕 Plans to extend the hotel have now been passed. 扩建酒店的计划现已获得通过。 The motion was passed by 16 votes to 11. 那项动议以16票对11票获得通过。 pass a law/bill/act The first Transport Act was passed in 1907. 首部《交通法》于1907年通过。 The government has passed new legislation to protect consumers. 政府通过了新法律以保护消费者。 The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution asking the two countries to resume peace negotiations. 联合国安全理事会通过了一项决议,敦促两国重启和平谈判。 b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] especially American EnglishAmESCLPG if a law or proposal passes an official group, it is officially accepted by that group 〔法律、提案等〕(被…)通过,(被…)接受 ► see thesaurus at approve The bill failed to pass the House of Representatives. 那项法案没有在众议院获得通过。 10 happen 发生 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenSPREAD if something passes between people, they speak to each other or do something together 交流,交换 pass between A glance of recognition passed between them. 他们对视了一下,认出了对方。 Please say nothing of what has passed here today. 今天在这里说的一切请严格保密。 11 SAY 说话pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion 发表评论/意见 I’m afraid I can’t pass any comment on this matter. 关于这件事我恐怕无可奉告。 He passed some remark about doctors being paid too much. 他说了一些医生工资过高的话。 Examples from the Corpus pass a remark/comment• Some people sitting across from us began passing remarks about the fair-skinned lady in a sari.• They interrupt because they are unwilling to let pass a remark from which an intricate leap can be performed.• We had a ritual, starting with the real estate pages, passing remarks on the latest tacky towers. 12 let something pass IGNOREto deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something that you do not like 对某事物不予理会[不加追究] Carla made some comment about my work but I decided to let it pass. 卡拉对我的工作作了一些评论,但我决定不予理会。 Examples from the Corpus let something pass• When she started criticizing my parents, I couldn't let it pass. 13 end 结束 [intransitiveI]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or stop 停止 After a couple of hours the storm passed. 几个小时之后暴风雨停止了。 The feeling of sickness soon passed. 恶心的感觉很快就过去了。 14 sport 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team during a game 〔给己方队员〕传(球) pass to He passed to Beckham on the edge of the penalty area. 他把球传给在禁区边缘的贝克汉姆。 pass something to somebody ► see thesaurus at throw Are you allowed to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper? 允许把球回传给守门员吗? 15 more than 多于 [transitiveT]MORE THAN A NUMBER OR AMOUNT to become more than a particular number or amount 超过〔某个具体数量〕 The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time. 失业人数首次突破两百万大关。 16 pass unnoticed NOT KNOWto happen without anyone noticing or saying anything 不被注意地发生 His resignation passed largely unnoticed. 几乎无人知晓他辞了职。 Examples from the Corpus pass unnoticed• Amazing how some one so intelligent can be stupid enough to think such hypocrisy would pass unnoticed.• But what iconism there is in the lower levels is the more powerful as it passes unnoticed.• Under the duress of the moment, the act of crossing the threshold into this place had passed unnoticed.• But in a world where observing the social decencies passes unnoticed, how much incentive is there to be ordinarily good?• In fact several recent studies have shown that up to 15% of defective items have passed unnoticed in a 100% inspection.• If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed, then do it in the smartest, most exclusive hotel in Geneva.• Fong passed unnoticed through the front door of the embassy and went home.• Many phrases that we feel could logically be broken up still carry hidden meanings that pass unnoticed until some one misuses them. 17. pass the time of day (with somebody) TALK TO somebodyto talk to someone for a short time in order to be friendly (与某人)寒暄 18 change control 改变控制权 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] formalSCLB to change from being controlled or owned by one person to being controlled or owned by someone else 〔控制权或所有权〕转移,转让 pass to The land will pass to my son when I die. 我死后土地归我儿子所有。 Control of these services has now passed into the hands of the local authorities. 这些机构现在转由地方当局管理。 19 change 变化 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] formalHCONDITION/STATE OF something to change from one state or condition into another 转变,转化 pass from/to The chemical passes from a liquid to a solid state during the cooling process. 这种化学物质在冷却过程中由液态转化为固态。 20 pass (a) sentence (on somebody) SCLSCTto officially decide how a criminal will be punished, and to announce what the punishment will be 判处(某人)〔某刑罚〕 Judges no longer have the power to pass the death sentence. 法官们再也无权判处犯人死刑。 Examples from the Corpus pass (a) sentence (on somebody)• Read in studio Magistrates watched the seven minute video before passing sentence.• Stand while the judge passes sentence.• The judge asked for more psychiatric reports on Borgois before passing sentence.• The judge had 30 days to pass sentence.• The first is the abolition of the powers of courts to pass sentence of corporal punishment.• I will pass sentence tomorrow when I have seen all the papers.• Lord Taylor's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public's expectations. 21 pass judgment (on somebody) OPINIONto give your opinion about someone’s behaviour (对某人)作出评论 I don’t want to pass judgment on my colleagues. 我不想评论我的同事。 Examples from the Corpus pass judgment (on somebody)• He never passed judgment about the wishes; he just granted them impassively.• Like everyone else, they will be able to pass judgment by means of the ballot box.• No longer is it tainted as mystic, for here, with no one passing judgment, no experience is tainted.• They pass judgment on an accused taking into account the gravity of the crime and the circumstances of the accused.• We had filed suit to pass judgment on Harvester.• I used to pass judgment on sight.• Managers will often find it difficult not to pass judgment on subordinates automatically.• The duty of the court is neither to make nor to alter nor to pass judgment on the law. 22 give no answer 不予回答 [intransitiveI]NOT KNOW to give no answer to a question because you do not know the answer 不知道;〔因不知道答案而〕略过 ‘Who won the World Cup in 1998?’ ‘Pass.’ “1998 年谁赢了世界杯?”“过。” 23 not accept 不接受 [intransitiveI] to not accept an invitation or offer 拒绝邀请[提议] pass on I’m afraid I’ll have to pass on that offer of coffee. 喝咖啡还是免了吧。 24 not pass somebody’s lips humorous a) used to say that someone does not talk about something that is secret 〔秘密〕不会被某人吐露 Don’t worry. Not a word of this will pass my lips. 别担心,这件事我一个字也不会说出去。 b) used to say that someone does not eat or drink a particular thing 〔某东西〕不会被某人吃[喝] Not a drop of liquor has passed my lips. 我滴酒不沾。 25 waste matter 废物 [transitiveT] medicalHBH to let out a waste substance from your bladder or bowels 排泄 See your doctor immediately if you pass any blood. 如果便中有血要马上去看医生。 He was having difficulty passing water (=letting out urine). 他排尿困难。 26. come to pass literary or biblicalHAPPEN to happen 发生 → pass muster at muster2(1), → pass the buck at buck1(3) PHRASAL VERBSExamples from the Corpus come to pass• And so it came to pass.• But it's not really surprising that this accommodation should come to pass.• It really did come to pass.• Whatever the priestess at Delphi said would happen infallibly came to pass.• The odds on this coming to pass are daunting.• None of this may come to pass, but all efforts to prevent it so far have backfired.• Such regulations may someday come to pass, but perhaps not soon enough for the butternut.• It will come to pass, shortly I presume, that others will come forward to claim they wrote the book. 27 pass something ↔ around (also pass something ↔ round British English) phrasal verbphr v OFFERto offer or show something to each person in a group 分发;传阅 Pass the cookies around, would you? → pass the hat round/around at hat(6) 请把小甜饼分发给大家,好吗? Examples from the Corpus pass around• The waitress brought our food in two trips, and we started passing things around.• They passed the box around, and we sat there slowly eating the perches out from under the doves.• I suppose it's the same for people who used to pass joints around at parties.• They pass it around behind their backs and must make sure that it is ringing loudly.• More likely Goya passed them around his friends or flipped through the pages.• The midfielders and defenders passed the ball around in their end of the field, 10 or 15 passes at a time.• They paused for grace and then passed the food around, laughing and ragging at one another.• She walks back to her desk, takes out a large yellow box of chocolates and passes them around the room. 28 pass as somebody/something phrasal verbphr v if someone or something can pass as someone or something, they are similar enough to be accepted as that type of person or thing 被以为是,被当成 His French is so good that he can pass as a Frenchman. 他的法语太好了,很可能被当成法国人。 Examples from the Corpus pass as • I could pass as a management lawyer.• With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.• And a passing glimpse of a profile clear as bronze, and at the moment of passing as aloof and serene.• So on the following night another try is made, but the night passes as did the first.• One of the first major pieces of legislation controlling what information went on packets was passed as recently as 1953.• Erebus where the dead pass as soon as they die.• Luckily, this fashion seems to have passed as such things were never very easy to eat in a dignified way.• He let the thought pass as the plane came to a halt less than twenty yards away from the limousines. 29.pass away phrasal verbphr v MXDIEto die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕 Examples from the Corpus pass away• And we knew we would never pass away.• It didn't hurt so much as it did with my Dad passing away.• Nyrene had sat up with him all night and was with him when he passed away.• They were like ailing friends met at the post office, or greatly missed because they had passed away.• My wife had just passed away, and I didn't want to be around people.• Have you heard? Carl passed away last night.• The party's old guard -- folks like Mo Udall and Dennis DeConcini -- have passed away or moved on long ago. 30 pass by phrasal verbphr v a) pass by (somebody/something)GO to go past a person, place, vehicle etc 经过(某人/某事物) They all waved as they passed by. 他们经过时都挥手致意。 Will you be passing by the supermarket on your way home? → passerby 你回家的路上经过超级市场吗? b) pass somebody bySATISFIED if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it 发生但未影响某人 She felt that life was passing her by. 她觉得自己未受到生活的眷顾。 Examples from the Corpus pass by• I want to call out bravely, the way little children in the countryside used to exclaim when we passed by.• It isn't something you could pass by and not notice.• It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.• Longest Night had passed by without incident, and Chater had not returned until mid-January. pass by (somebody/something)• I want to call out bravely, the way little children in the countryside used to exclaim when we passed by.• It isn't something you could pass by and not notice.• Three, in one form or another, are still in the budget bill passed by Congress and vetoed by President Clinton.• That day at the office seemed to pass by in an even more dreamlike fashion than usual.• It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.• Also, the House rejected a measure, passed by the Senate Tuesday, to reopen closed government offices.• But the positive interest of an agent is some guarantee that your work is not passing by unnoticed.• Longest Night had passed by without incident, and Chater had not returned until mid-January. pass somebody by• He ended up a bitter old man who felt that life had somehow passed him by.• Seize opportunities while you can -- don't let them pass you by.• Sometimes I feel that all the best things in life are passing me by. 31 pass something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v SEGIVEto give or teach something to people who are younger than you or live after you 把…传给后人;把…往下传 be passed down (from somebody) to somebody The tradition has been passed down from father to son for generations. 这一传统由父传子,世代相传。 n Grammar Pass down is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus pass down• But Andre Hastings dropped a pass on first down.• The bridge leading out of the pass was down.• But dutifully she passed the bundle down into Rachaela's cold white arms.• Third play, hit hard while passing, tossed down like airport luggage.• This procedure was undertaken by passing a guidewire down the drainage catheter under radiological control.• For a moment he stood gazing balefully at the Corsican's back as he turned away to pass on down the line.• Shortly after that we came over the top of the pass and started down towards the coast.• Both passed wisdom down with complex language. be passed down (from somebody) to somebody• These remedies have been passed down from generation to generation. 32 pass for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v SAMEif something passes for another thing, it is so similar to that thing that people think that is what it is 被看[当]成,被认为是 With my hair cut short, I could have passed for a boy. 我要是把头发剪短,或许会被当成男孩。 Examples from the Corpus pass for • For the fourth time in five games, the 49ers failed to pass for 200 yards.• He completed 28 of 49 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown against Dallas' relentless pass rush.• He caught just three passes for 25 yards and seemed to be used as a decoy most of the game.• Peter Edwards looks at the blank space that now passes for a promotions policy.• They're not offering a degree in stage management or a pass for being a good actor or actress.• She learnt a look and a posture and a set of adjectives which passed for being hip in the Village.• Many had come, probably especially since the Persian conquest of Ionia, and had passed for citizens under the tyrants.• The hour had long since passed for his call to Virginia Stillman, and he debated whether to go through with it. 33 pass off phrasal verbphr v a) pass off well/badly etcWAY/MANNER if an event passes off well, badly etc, it happens in that way 进行顺利/不顺利等 The visit passed off without any serious incidents. 这次访问没有发生太大的意外。 b) pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing 把某人/某物冒充为… 假称某人/某物是… They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques. 他们收购旧家具,然后假称它们是值钱的古董。 He passed himself off as a doctor. 他谎称自己是医生。 Examples from the Corpus pass somebody/something off as something• This is the kind of thing a man who passes himself off as a fashion consultant can be expected to know.• As a childless wife can only suffer, there would be no point in passing an intersexual off as a woman.• Though the doubt is really an expression of not-being-committed, it passes itself off as an excuse for not-committing.• Equally, it is an offence for a private company to pass itself off as being a public company and viceversa.• I wonder how many years unqualified people could pass themselves off as consultant thoracic surgeons, for example, without detection.• They tried to pass the crystals off as diamonds.• Anyone trying to pass these absurdities off as fiction would have been laughed out of Hollywood.• We could go in and pass ourselves off as invited guests by being brazen.• But what more could you expect from the bunch of monkeys trying to pass themselves off as judges?• The agents managed to pass themselves off as wealthy businessmen. 34 pass on phrasal verbphr v a) TELL pass something ↔ on to give someone a piece of information that someone else has given to you 把〔信息〕传给〔其他人〕 pass something ↔ on to She said she’d pass the message on to the other students. 她说她会把消息传给其他学生。 b) pass something ↔ on i. MIGIVEto give something, especially a disease, to your children through your genes 把〔尤指疾病〕遗传给 ii. MIGIVEto give a slight illness to someone else 传染〔疾病〕 to One catches the virus and they pass it on to the rest. 一个人感染这种病毒,然后传染给其余的人。 c) pass something ↔ onBCOST to make someone else pay the cost of something 把〔费用〕转嫁 pass something ↔ on to Any increase in our costs will have to be passed on to the consumer. 我们增加的任何成本都得转嫁给消费者。 d) to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕 Examples from the Corpus pass to• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• Margarett learned the turkey trot from her brother Frank and passed it on to Eddie.• If he survived, those patterns would become eternal, for his genes would pass them on to future generations.• Nobody passed it on to him.• He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.• Rumors come and go and we pass them on to the authorities.• He exuded confidence, and somehow passed that on to the wing.• Yet they passed on the same tradition to their daughters, who then passed it on to their daughters. pass to• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• Margarett learned the turkey trot from her brother Frank and passed it on to Eddie.• If he survived, those patterns would become eternal, for his genes would pass them on to future generations.• Nobody passed it on to him.• He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.• Rumors come and go and we pass them on to the authorities.• He exuded confidence, and somehow passed that on to the wing.• Yet they passed on the same tradition to their daughters, who then passed it on to their daughters. pass to• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• Margarett learned the turkey trot from her brother Frank and passed it on to Eddie.• If he survived, those patterns would become eternal, for his genes would pass them on to future generations.• Nobody passed it on to him.• He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.• Rumors come and go and we pass them on to the authorities.• He exuded confidence, and somehow passed that on to the wing.• Yet they passed on the same tradition to their daughters, who then passed it on to their daughters. 35 pass out phrasal verbphr v a) MIUNCONSCIOUSto become unconscious 昏过去,晕倒,失去知觉 I nearly passed out when I saw all the blood. 看到那么多血我差点昏过去。 b) especially British EnglishBrESEPM to finish a course of study at a military school or police college 〔从军校或警校〕毕业 c) pass something ↔ out to give something, such as books or papers, to everyone in a group 分发某物 SYN hand out, distribute Examples from the Corpus pass out• When I first smoked a cigarette, I almost passed out.• I think the poor guy passed out. It looks like he's had a lot to drink. 36 pass over phrasal verbphr v a) pass somebody ↔ overBE if you are passed over for a job, someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than you is chosen for it 〔某项工作〕不考虑某人,跳过某人 This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me). 我这已经是第二次没有得到升职机会了。 n Grammar Pass over is usually passive in this meaning. b) pass over somethingIGNORE if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it 〔谈话中〕忽略某事,对某事不加理会 I want to pass over this quite quickly. 这一点我想一带而过。 I think we’d better pass over that last remark. 我想我们最好不要理会最后那句话。 Examples from the Corpus passed over for promotion• And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion, she said. 37 pass something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v NOT DO somethingto not make use of a chance to do something 放过[放弃,错过]〔机会〕 pass up a chance/opportunity/offer I don’t think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university. 我觉得你不该放弃上大学的机会。 Examples from the Corpus pass up• Am I silly to pass this offer up?• Even in winter the view was magnificent, and John Lazarus had no intention of passing it up.• In addition, the pass rates go up and down like a yo-yo.• A passing driver picked up Bailey, who was alone, and drove him home to nearby Oakville.• Near Kaesong and Panmunjom, we passed roadblocks set up by the military.• Informed by the two farmers, local authorities passed the information up the chain of command.• The Fragment is then inserted in a subsequent pass to make up the complete published data. 4.• He wanted to pass us up the line of responsibility. pass up a chance/opportunity/offer• I passed up chances for field goals just to give us a chance to work on that.• Benny wasn't going to pass up an opportunity like this.• To refuse a debate would be to pass up an opportunity to breathe a little new life into democracy.• It passes up a chance to learn and grow. Examples from the Corpus pass• Do you think you'll pass?• "I'm taking my driving test today." "Do you think you'll pass?"• He drums his fingers on the chairback as he passes.• Moreover, the most important legislation for bond market investors -- the 1996 budget bill -- has already been passed.• This falling from the branch business, she thought, made you realise how the years were passing.• Taylor receive discounts from publishers, which they agree to pass along to customers.• Actually, they ran better than they passed, although they passed spectacularly on occasion.• Congress has passed an education-reform law.• Each car has to be passed by a team of inspectors before it leaves the factory.• Dan's worried he won't pass calculus.• I pass her house every day on my way to work.• His blood pressure was rather high so the doctor couldn't pass him as fit for the job.• If he stays injury-free, Stumpel should pass his personal best of 76 points.• Dr. Todd said the pain would pass in a day or two.• Who ever had it then still had it, or had passed it on.• In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date.• Hey, pass me the ball!• As time passes, the disease progresses through several distinct stages.• I'll get you some aspirin - I pass the drugstore on the way to work.• Ellis quickly passed the note to the woman, looking around to check that no one had noticed.• Could you pass the salt, please?• "Do you want to go fishing Saturday?" "Sorry, I'll have to pass this time."• Details of the attack had been passed to enemy agents.• Johnson passes to White, White passes to Eliot, and Eliot scores!• A big Cadillac passed us as we walked up the hill.• A police car passed us doing 90 miles an hour. just passing through• Like Florida tourists, some of the avian visitors are just passing through.• Once again, remember: you're just passing through.• Remember: You are just passing through.• I'm just passing through on my way to Tulsa.• Some are summer or winter visitors, while others are just passing through on their journey north or south.• They were just passing through, so there was nothing to get excited about.• However, if these observations can be made by somebody just passing through the service, surely something is wrong. passes ... through• A wave of fear suddenly passes through Primo.• It passes quickly through the body.• The moving phase is a gaS which passes through the column.• It passes through the confining layer somewhere above the aquifer.• If the light passes through the egg, it is infertile.• The oxygen ion passes through the membrane and emerges on the other side as pure oxygen gas.• Little that is unfathomable or startling passes through the mind of a Minister preparing legislation.• The release pin holds the pack closed as it passes through this loop after securing the eyelets. pass somebody something• Could you pass me that pen over there? pass something (on/over/back) to somebody• They passed close to her, where she crouched still in the bushes.• I calmly passed the gun back to him.• At two Mina was passed from father to husband.• I tried to pass on to Louie everything I knew about the business.• One of the most important gifts a teacher can pass on to pupils is a sense of control over one's life.• Oliver passed the receiver to Rain.• Maybe Sandler got out of the curse by passing it off to them? to pass the time• A guard moved alongside, peering in that inquisitive way, like what do we have here to pass the time.• It helps to pass the time.• It was at such times that I seriously considered taking up smoking myself, just to pass the time.• Karma Rubbish smokes at the end of the garden, cracking its knuckles to pass the time.• That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time.• The people played games to pass the time during the winter too.• More than just helping to pass the time, he discovers that making up stories can be a pleasure in itself.• He jumps off waterfalls to pass the time of day. passed with flying colours• Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours. pass a law/bill/act• Catholics passed laws against intermarriage between people of the two faiths.• In due course, the government's response was to pass a law and appoint an Alkali Inspector named Angus Smith.• We pass laws in a bid to create a peaceful society.• At the same time, Congress passed an act reducing tariff rates.• It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed, so that it can open letters with ease.• The 35-year veteran of Capitol Hill can not brag that he knows how to pass bills through the Senate.• State legislatures, in the meantime, have been passing laws to make such consolidations and cooperation easier.• Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan all passed laws to restrict benefits and introduce time limits. pass between• Not many words passed between us during the trip home. passed the ... mark• In 1975 the total was £1149, last year we made £7000, and this year we have passed the £8000 mark.• Membership had passed the 100 mark already.• In 1976, unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War.• Enroute to amassing that sum, the second highest of his career, he passed the £1 million mark in career earnings.• The proportion of Sinhalese policemen passed the fifty percent mark in the 1920s, and continued to rise thereafter.• Border had not passed the 50 mark since his first innings of the tour against Somerset. passed into the hands of• Disposal No. 1-20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before. pass from/to• When water freezes, it passes from a liquid to a solid state.• The college is also considering issuing passes to all full-time students.• He was passed from embrace to loving embrace.• The title passes from father to son.• Both quarterbacks were throwing big passes to guys wearing Dallas uniforms.• Most of the time they are passed from one family member to another.• Such tastes are passed from one generation to the other, reinforced by the environment in which a family exists.• Boss died in 1948, and the company passed to the next two generations.• In addition, data could be passed to the police, private detectives or computer database holders.• Signals are passed from the recorder to the playback controller and then to a stereo ready monitor. pass on• I'm grateful for everything that has been said today, and I will be sure to pass it on.• There's only one copy of the leaflet, so when you've read it please pass it on.• When he gave up playing football, he passed on all his gear to me.• Officials admitted that they failed to pass on important information.• Please pass on my sympathy to Mr and Mrs Stanton.• Could you pass on my thanks for all these lovely gifts?• I had to pass on the last question.• He was accused of stealing secret documents and passing them on to the enemy.• She said she'd pass the message on to the other students.• It was discovered that he had been passing secrets on to the Russians whilst working at the Pentagon. passing water• He was passing water painfully and he couldn't sleep.• Indeed, she had been one of those in the chain passing water to the house from the pond. , Sport, Nature Educationpass2 ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC] 1 document 文件PGOLET/ALLOW an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying 出入证,通行证;(免费)乘车证 The guard checked our passes. 警卫检查了我们的通行证。 They issued us with free passes to the theatre. 他们发给我们那家剧院的免费入场券。 You can buy a cheap one-day bus pass. 你可以买一张便宜的一日有效的公共汽车乘车证。 2 exam/test 考试/测试SE a successful result in an examination (考试)及格 OPP fail You will need at least three passes to get onto the course. 你至少需要三门及格才能上这门课。 pass in Did you get a pass in English? 你英语考试及格了吗? The pass mark (=the mark you need to be successful) is 55%. 及格分数是55分。 3 sport 体育DS when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game 传球 That was a brilliant pass by Holden. →5 see picture at 见图 american football 那是霍尔登的一记精彩传球。 4. make a pass at somebody informalSYSEXY to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them 挑逗某人,撩拨某人 Examples from the Corpus make a pass at somebody• Some said he'd made a pass at Stella, others said he'd made a pass at Dempster.• Nigel told Eleanor that he despised her for making a pass at him.• It seemed odd that he loathed her with such intensity and yet had made a pass at her.• And the examiner was arrested only after he made passes at a military policeman's wife.• Had he made a pass at her?• He made a pass at me once.• The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her.• Men who made passes at her were not rude ruffians but agents of evil river spirits. 5 road/path 道路/小路DNWAY/ROUTE a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side 山道,山口 a narrow, winding mountain pass 狭窄蜿蜒的山道 6 stage 阶段PART one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times 轮,回 On the first pass we eliminated all the candidates who didn’t have the right experience. 第一轮我们淘汰了所有不具备相关经验的候选人。 7. aircraft 飞行器 a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking 〔飞机等在攻击目标上空的〕飞越 8. come to a pretty/sorry pass old-fashioned informalUNPLEASANT if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad 处境糟糕 Examples from the Corpus pass• He has completed 121 of 218 passes for 1,354 yards and eight touchdowns with five interceptions this season.• Students must obtain a pass before leaving campus.• He looks too much to make a big pass rather than do what comes naturally, which is score.• The harvester moved round the field in a strict square, so that the standing crop grew smaller and smaller with every pass.• Comet Shoemaker-Levy passed through our solar system and crashed into Jupiter July 16,1994.• This is a classic hail Mary pass.• a narrow mountain pass• They scored a direct hit of the target on their second pass.• The Bruins set up a play for Johnson in the low post, but Dollar traveled while trying to make the pass.• Davis scored on a 40-yard pass from Elway. bus pass• I can't even get a bus pass.• I got a social worker and she suggested I get a bus pass, so I could get to town.• All the aggravation about replacing by bus pass, credit cards and library cards etc, all because I was thoughtless.• You can use your included Canal Bus Pass to hop on and off the Rembrandt cruise.• They may soon be getting free bus passes but they know how to rock.• Townspeople are being asked to sign a petition to help save the bus passes of Langbaurgh's 22,000 pensioners and disabled.• Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One. pass mark• It is not a pass mark and yet all children are supposed to aspire to it.• How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%?• He completed 192 of 303 throws for 3,023 yards and 28 touchdowns, the second-best passing mark in the nation.• Her passing marks a loss for those everywhere who love the printed word, and Tucson is the poorer for it.• But he did not pass Mark.• Instead, the pass mark was set higher for girls!• For example, what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit? From Longman Business Dictionary passpass1 /pɑːspæs/ verb 1[transitiveT] if an official group passes a law, proposal etc, or it passes that group, it is accepted by them, especially by voting Shareholders of Fibreboard Corp. narrowly passed a measure doubling the shares in the company’s employee stock option plan. Congress this year will pass a bill giving banks permission to open branches nationwide. Legislation similar to the anti-price-fixing bill passed the Senate last month. 2[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to succeed in an examination, test etc Policyholders must pass a medical to qualify for lower insurance rates. How could faulty valves have passed the inspections? 3[transitiveT] to give someone a piece of information, knowledge, a message etc that has been received from someone else pass something to/onto etc The transmitters pass phone calls to and from cellular phones. Firms can’t pass information onto third parties until it is released by the stockmarket’s own news service. pass something on/along Employees were suspected of passing on confidential documents. 4[intransitiveI]LAW to go officially from one person’s control or ownership to someone else’s Sales will be recognised when title (=ownership) passes or when the contract is signed. pass to The property had passed to him after his father’s death. 5pass a dividendFINANCE to fail to pay the DIVIDEND on a share (=the part of the profit paid to shareholders) in a particular period of time, usually because of financial difficulties The steelwork group is passing its final dividend after profits plunged last year. 6[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a particular date or time passes, or you pass it, it goes by and is in the past The IRS will permit an extension of time for certain actions even after the deadline has passed. 7pass 500/pass the $2,000 mark etc to go above a particular amount, number or level, as a total gradually increases Aluminum prices passed $1 a pound last week, a rise of 43% since March. Israel’s population passed the six million mark in 1999. → pass something ↔ on → pass something ↔ off → pass somebody over → pass something through something → pass up passpass2 noun [countableC] a special document containing a person’s name and often their photograph, showing that they are allowed to enter a particular building, travel somewhere etc Simply present your Executive Club card andboarding pass (=one that allows you to get on a plane) to receive a complimentary drink. (1200-1300) Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus “step” pass2 1. (1400-1500) → PASS1 2. (1200-1300) Old French pas, from Latin passus; → PASS1 →20-26 →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1 →PHRASAL VERBS1pass2 noun |
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