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verb pɑːspæs

  • 1Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

    经过，穿过

    no object, with adverbial of direction he passed through towns and villages
    a plane was passing lazily overhead
    with object and adverbial of direction he passed a weary hand across his forehead
    pass an electric current through it

    使其通电。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we passed along the road that led in to Hudsons Field, the first runners were already coming out and we broke into applause, cheering them on.
    • He said that he recalled something being thrown off the yacht as it passed between the pier and the other yacht.
    • A car passing along the street came to a halt.
    • He was passing along the road after the shooting and noticed the body before anyone else had come to investigate.
    • She moved along the edge of the cliff and he passed along the rocks to get closer.
    • Three masked men reached a first floor office on Sunday night after passing through at least one checkpoint as well as corridors and rooms secured by coded keypads.
    • She turned and walked slowly away, passing under the light of the lamps.
    • Last year, more than 125,000 paying members of the public passed through its gates.
    • The victim was shot in the stomach at close range with a hand gun but the bullet passed through his body narrowly missing his vital organs.
    • We reached the marketplace where we did our weekly shopping every Sunday morning, passing between the hospital on the left and the public baths on the right.
    • You travel along the coast and have some great views of the scenery, passing through several towns along the way.
    • A shiver passed along her body.
    • The airport is predicting it will see 330,000 passengers pass through the terminal by Sunday.
    • Calmly curious, they cruise right up to us before passing gently overhead, circling back for a series of fly-bys.
    • Geoff said people will get the best view at about midnight each night when Mars passes directly overhead.
    • During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth, leaving a bright rim of fire.
    • A police patrol passing along the road at 2 a.m. became suspicious as they were constantly being preceded by a van.
    • As noted elsewhere in your site, boats cannot pass under low bridges.
    • The silence was broken by the engine of a park ranger's orange van passing along the footpath.
    • We passed by apples trees filled with bright red fruits.
    Synonyms
    go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel, drive, fly
    run, flow, course, stream, roll, drift, sweep
    1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Change from one state or condition to another.
      转变，改变
      homes which have passed from public to private ownership

      已经由公有转为私有的居民住宅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We show that channels pass through a dilated condition with altered selectivity as they are becoming defunct.
      • Iron has the property of readily passing from one valency condition to the other, as connects iron with the rhythmic breathing process.
      • But if the copyright is not worth even $1 to the owner, then we believe the work should pass into the public domain.
      • As she swam, she could see the shadows on the ocean floor slowly growing longer as day passed into night.
      • Before it became a hotel, it passed between various departments including Customs and Excise.
      • At the least, it suggests how a building passes through stages of public recognition and can be changed quickly by events affecting it.
      • The tram system passed from private to public hands in February 1909 when York Corporation took it over.
      • His paintings pass easily from the public to the private sphere.
    2. 1.2North American euphemistic no object Die.
      I was with him the night he passed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She fell ill and within seven days passed away in her father's arms.
      • His father had passed away, and he was having a lot of trouble grieving and dealing with that.
      • His father-in-law Jimmy passed away this morning after a long illness.
      • At the age of six his father passed away leaving his mum, Helen, to bring up four young children.
      • A year after his family set up home again in the Highlands his father passed away suddenly.
      • He has been caring for his mother, Maria, now 85, since his father passed away.
      • Nathaniel's father passed away when he was only eleven, and was never around much when he was alive.
      • I have been in close proximity to many people of various ages and conditions as they have passed from this life.
      • My father passed away but before he passed he told me to go ahead and make another movie because he could see how depressed I was.
      • His father passed away about 10 years ago; the household is run by his mother.
      • His father passed away when Todd was only 4 and so he didn't have much memory of his dad.
      • Sadly, Lily's mother and father have passed away, so she will walk down the aisle on the arm of her brother, Philip.
      • After my father passed away, my sisters got married, but I told my mother I didn't want to get married so soon.
      • His life changed when his father passed away and left a him a small locksmith's workshop.
      • His sister and father passed away while he was in prison.
      • Life was difficult after her father passed away in 1946 and eventually the family farm was sold.
      • My father, who passed away some twenty-five years ago, was one of the foremost ear, nose and throat specialists.
      • When his father passed away, he returned to the area to help out his mother and be near his family.
      • Sadly, my father, Roy, passed away in August 2001 after a two-year battle with cancer.
      • The play opens on the eve of Catherine's twenty-fifth birthday, just days after her father has passed away.
      Synonyms
      pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx
      die, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

  • 2with object Go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding.

    经过，通过；超过，越过

    on the way to the station she passed a cinema

    去地铁站的路上她经过了一家电影院。

    the two vehicles had no room to pass each other

    这两辆车因路面太窄而无法交会通过。

    no object we will not let you pass

    我们是不会让你过去的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just as I was making my move and passing the table I tripped and fell, lunch tray and all.
    • We passed the Greenbank station and went down to the railroads shops just a mile or two down the road.
    • For a while, Heather wandered with no purpose or direction, passing apartment buildings and rows of small shops.
    • The walk up the stairs took no time at all, Kyle started to move slower as they passed Jenny's room.
    • Before we moved here I passed this junction twice a day for the last 12 years and I never saw an accident.
    • They apologised for blocking the road and let me pass, slowly crunching snow under my tyres.
    • After passing a few side roads, Bastian pulled into her driveway and stopped the car.
    • The sun had been up for an hour or so when I passed the Seattle city limit sign.
    • Upon discovering it was empty the group moved on, passing portraits and tapestries far too grimy to be determinable.
    • You'll be more likely to enjoy and understand the weird places you end up if you know how you got there and what you passed along the way.
    • All drivers have to do to pass each other safely is to stay on their side of the road.
    • The tour will start on the Victoria Embankment of the Thames, near Blackfriars Station, and pass the Houses of Parliament.
    • When the traffic finally started to move, I passed an embankment on the right hand side of the motorway which was covered with grazing sheep.
    • I am still moved every time I pass the old neighbourhood where I lived.
    • He passes his brother and moves towards center stage.
    • Whenever I pass the old drive-in cinema south of the Heavitree Gap, I get a melancholy feeling.
    • In October 1999, a train passed a red signal departing Paddington Station in London.
    • I would be only too pleased to have bicycles passing my front door rather than noisy, speeding vehicles.
    • The journey is always brightened up for me by the miniature golf course we pass along the seafront.
    • To Clark's surprise, when he passes them, the director's hand reaches out to flag his attention.
    1. 2.1 Go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed.
      超越，越过；赶超
      the Portuguese trade passed its peak in the 1760s

      葡萄牙的贸易量在18世纪60年代达到了历史最高水平。

      this item has passed its sell-by date

      这一商品已经超过保质期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I hear that there is peace that passes understanding… there for the taking.
      • At some point the limit of acceptable risk has been passed.
      • Changes in the market started way back when the Nasdaq passed its peak last year.
      • On the plus side the group has already passed its peak capital investment on the network.
      • You shouldn't eat any food product that has passed its 'use by' date.
    2. 2.2Tennis Hit a winning shot past (an opponent).
      〔网球〕给（对方）超身球
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He began the finals last week in his customary way of drawing Richards, the best volleyer in the world, to the net so that he could win points by passing him.
      • The 19-year-old Spaniard began blasting returns at her feet when she wasn't passing her altogether.
      • He saves the first with a fine backhand volley but is passed by his opponent on the next.
      • He chased down every drop shot and passed Nastase with ease.

  • 3no object (of time) elapse; go by.

    （时间，时间点）度过，消逝，流逝

    the day and night passed slowly

    时光过得很慢。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Six months have passed, yet the public has seen little improvement in the bureaucracy.
    • It appears that the group has decided to go public, now that a few weeks have passed.
    • A week had passed since the ball, and already Angelie was bored.
    • The boat starts to feel more like a prison and time passes very slowly.
    • Minutes passed before the public address system crackled back into life again.
    • The minutes passed slowly, for some reason no one spoke, and everyone waited.
    • The weeks passed slowly, but I never had a moments rest to think about anything.
    • After the goals the game slowed to a crawl and the minutes passed agonisingly slowly for Aberdeen.
    • A moment of silence passed and he slowly lowered his arm, as if he had thought better of it.
    • Maybe it is just me, but somehow when I was in school, time seemed to pass more slowly.
    • The night passed peacefully without any trouble.
    • The next few moments passed in a blur.
    • The evening passes agonisingly slowly.
    • The rest of the day passed slowly and uneventfully, but later that night the weather seemed to be clearing up.
    • I was glad that there was no clock to tell me exactly how slowly the time was passing.
    • Time passes slowly when we are bored or in pain; time vanishes when we are having a good time.
    • At one restaurant we went to, more than an hour passed between ordering and receiving our main courses.
    • However, as the days passed everyone went on with their daily lives as if nothing had ever happened.
    • Time just passes so quickly, it's unbelievable.
    • The rest of the time passed quickly without incident.
    Synonyms
    elapse, go by, go past, proceed, progress, advance, wear on, slip by, slip away, roll by, glide by, tick by
    1. 3.1with object Spend or use up (a period of time)
      度过，用完（一段时间）
      this was how they passed the time

      这就是他们消磨时光的方式。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I was awake I passed the time by munching on bags of sweets.
      • We'd been out sightseeing all day, and passed the evening with friends, working our way through one of those long French dinners.
      • The villagers pass the long winter nights by listening to stories.
      • We passed the night in a shelter that let in all the rain.
      • The old man had moved to Mount Akum a decade ago, keeping to himself, occasionally fishing to pass the time away.
      • Without television, radio, or books, the bath was one way to pass the cold winter days.
      • The mistresses lead easy and extravagant lives by local standards, passing the time between trysts by playing mah-jong, eating out and shopping.
      Synonyms
      occupy, spend, fill, use (up), employ, devote, take up, while away, beguile
      kill, waste, fritter, dissipate
    2. 3.2 Come to an end.
      结束，完结，终止
      the danger had passed

      这样的时刻已经过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All of them were still a little panicky, but now that the danger had passed, they were settling down.
      • But geologists said if a tsunami has not been sighted within three hours local authorities could assume the danger had passed.
      • Some of these conditions are mild and will pass quickly with minimum treatment, others are more serious and need specialised care.
      • They had to gather and at least confirm that the danger had passed first.
      • Alexander still held her arm cautiously, but he soon let go, sensing that the danger had passed.
      • After frost danger has passed, set out seedlings or plants in well-drained soil in full sun.
      • The vibrant football that ushered in the start of the season has long since passed and is in danger of becoming a distant memory.
      • Traffic was backed up for miles until the fire died down and the danger of explosion passed.
      • Once the thrill of its discovery had passed, Peter got onto the business of exploring the place a little better.
      • The pain from the blow would pass but the pain from the word stayed with him forever.
      • They holed themselves up until the danger had passed.
      • When all danger of frost has passed, prune down to the firm, green area of each stem or branch.
      • Remember that half-hardy and tender plants should not be planted out until all danger of frost has passed.
      • Once the danger has passed, the emergency services would tell people to go outside into the fresh air.
      • The issue has waited until well after electoral danger has passed before emerging.
      • When all danger of frost has passed, then they can be planted out in their final location.
      • The plan was to run into my room and shut the door, until all the possibility of danger had passed.
      • He announced that he believed the danger had passed.
      • But that sensation passes and then he realizes that his skin is his prison.
      • He knew the greatest danger had passed.
      Synonyms
      come to an end, cease to exist, fade, fade away, melt away, blow over, run its course, ebb, die out, evaporate, vanish, peter out, draw to a close, disappear, finish, end, cease, terminate
      rare evanish
    3. 3.3 Happen; be done or said.
      发生；做完，说过
      not another word passed between them

      他们之间再没有说过一句话。

      with complement this fact has passed almost unnoticed

      事情发生后几乎没有人注意到。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And yet, how can any writer allow this centenary to pass unremarked?
      • Little conversation and less counsel passed between the two groups of soldiers.
      • Harriet had constantly reassured her that she was cool with whatever passed between them.
      • It seems reasonably clear that something passed between them on the subject.
      • But try as she might, Kate couldn't find out exactly what had passed between them.
      • Something else had passed between them, she felt sure of it.
      • I was still aware of what had passed between us earlier even if he wasn't.
      • The sparkle in Kit's eyes was back in full force, a reminder of all that had just passed between them.
      • I was left to just look at him, not sure as to what had just passed between us.
      • Selfishly speaking, I am almost tempted to let this state of affairs pass unremarked.
      • The protests did not pass unnoticed within the government parties.
      • I had no idea what had passed between the two, but the negative vibe was stifling.
      • He seemed to know what had passed between them, but didn't say anything further about it.
      • This weekend had been the longest the two of them had spent solely in the other's company, and barely a full conversation had passed between them.
      • Anything that passed between you and them about this case is confidential.
      • Even now, after all that passed between us, I think what he told us was basically true.
      • The jury did not know anything of what had passed between them.
      • Whatever had passed between them outside was private, and we didn't pry further.
      • I wondered what had passed between them to make them so wary of one another.
      • Something had passed between him and James, though she wasn't sure as to what it was.
      Synonyms
      happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire
      literary befall
      rare eventuate
      go unnoticed, go unheeded, stand, go, be accepted, go unremarked, go undisputed, go uncensored

  • 4with object and usually with adverbial of direction Transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.

    传递，传送；转移

    your letter has been passed to Mr Rich for action

    你的信函已经交给里奇先生以便采取行动。

    pass the milk

    把牛奶递过来。

    the poem was passed from generation to generation

    这首诗一代代地流传了下来。

    with two objects he passed her a cup
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you haven't received an invite, let me know, and I'll pass one along.
    • I've learned some things about sorting out my home archives that I will pass along to students in my database course.
    • The secret arts of the Egyptians were passed orally from one generation to the next.
    • Please pass this information on to anyone you know who may be interested.
    • A trade that has been passed down for generations came very close to extinction in the late Nineties.
    • Tales of mermaids in these parts have been passed down over the years.
    • The curd tart recipe has been passed down for many years and is a closely-guarded secret.
    • In addition, wealth is passed from one generation of the wealthy to the next.
    • Since manic depression is hereditary, did his parents go through a phase of feeling guilty for passing along the gene?
    • If you're fed up paying too much for petrol, please pass this message on.
    • We know how tempting it can be to indulge in listening to or passing along a juicy rumor.
    • Most family businesses suffer as they are passed from generation to generation.
    • There is no limit on the value of business assets that may be passed to a child in this way.
    • The disease could not be passed between humans and was easy to cure if caught early enough.
    • Enmities between rival factions - and even families - are passed down the years, and some go back a century or more.
    • He will provide a display of traditional techniques that have been passed down through the years.
    • The stories are passed from generation to generation, often in the form of songs.
    • He filled three cups from a large flask, passing them round and drinking a long draught from his own, before introducing himself as Seth.
    • The newspaper's findings have now been passed to the Trade and Industry Secretary.
    • Will you please pass the salt, I don't think these French fries were salted.
    Synonyms
    hand, let someone have, give, hand over, hand round, reach
    transfer, convey, deliver
    throw, toss
    informal chuck, bung
    1. 4.1no object, with adverbial Be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance.
      （尤指通过继承方式）转让，转移；传递
      if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As Mrs Bennet complained, it was cruel for the estate to pass to a Mr Collins ‘whom nobody cared about’.
      • All or a portion of the cash you inherited can pass to your daughters without being treated as a gift as long as you sign a disclaimer.
      • He presumes that everything would pass to me and that I would have no Inheritance Tax liability.
      • The problem is that when the second spouse dies their joint assets pass to the next generation minus just one inheritance tax allowance.
      • In the second half of 2005, the EU presidency will pass to the UK.
      • It was agreed in the event of either death the estate of the deceased would pass to the survivor.
      • My other brothers were well situated and had given their birth-rights up, so it would pass to me.
      • Joyce stipulated that, in the event of Nora's death, his estate was to pass to their children.
      • It is well known that cells from the blood of the foetus can pass to the mother during pregnancy.
      • The taco shop would pass to heirs untaxed, just as the vast majority of small businesses do.
      • This goes against the widely held belief that the disease could not pass to different species of animals.
      • Co-ordination of the forests will pass to the Forestry Commission after this time and the cash will help prepare for the transition.
      • If a car is not removed when requested the cost of collection is now likely to pass to the owner/owners involved.
      • The family has now decided to end its 130-year link with the house, and a duty of care will pass to the next purchasers.
      • If he were to die as well, then the throne would have to pass to Emmalie, his horrible little sister.
      • They had no children, but it is understood that the hall will pass to another family member.
      • Infections have been known to pass to other athletes via both routes.
      • The French throne did not pass to his son, as he had hoped, but to Louis XVIII, the brother of Louis XVI.
      • Both landlord and tenant have legal estates which may pass to others on sale, by way of gift or under the rules of testate or intestate succession.
      • Pigs carry a variety of viruses, and some viruses pass from pig to offspring.
      Synonyms
      be transferred, be made over, be turned over, be signed over, go, devolve, be left, be bequeathed, be handed down/on, be given, be consigned, be passed on
    2. 4.2 (in soccer, rugby, and other games) kick, hit, or throw (the ball) to another player of one's own side.
      （足球、英橄以及其他比赛中）传（球）
      his intent was to pass the ball forward rather than knock it back
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am a great believer in players improving their ability to pass the ball.
      • She may opt to pass the ball out to a teammate instead of shooting it.
      • He drew the cover defence to pass to Johnny McGahan who ran half the pitch to score near the posts.
      • But Todd was disappointed with only a point and felt his side should have passed the ball a lot better.
      • We laughed and started passing a soccer ball to one another.
      • Everybody wants to dunk and showboat, but few can make free throws or pass the ball.
      • He picked up the ball in the inside-right position and trotted forward, although seemingly looking for a teammate to pass to.
      • It was a joy to watch them play: they were smart and they passed the ball brilliantly.
      • The ball gets passed to a player who can't shoot and has never made a basket, even in practice.
      • Every coach has paired off players and had them pass the ball back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
      • The tagged player must then pass the ball to a teammate.
      • The jerseys were too similar in colour and this led to a number of mistakes when players passed the ball to an opponent.
      • Once a player has been tackled, they pass to a team mate.
      • If the back defender stays near the basket, pass the ball to one side or the other.
      • He might have been better off taking his score but he elected to pass to Michael Lawlor on the edge of the square.
      • If one watches Brazil play soccer, they play one-touch soccer, passing the ball around to create the openings.
      • Both sides were passing the ball well and creating chances.
      • The game starts and the ball is passed from player to player.
      • We passed the ball well and responded well to giving a goal away.
      • He can pass the ball well and scores a lot of goals for a midfielder.
      Synonyms
      kick, hit, throw, head, lob, loft
    3. 4.3 Put (something, especially money) into circulation.
      使（货币等）流通
      persons who have passed bad cheques

      使用空头支票的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He received three concurrent sentences of four and a half years for passing bad checks.
      • One of my earlier cases was investigating a bad cheque that had been passed at a local merchant.
      • When the FBI grabs him for passing counterfeit money, he cuts a deal.
      • She was given community service after admitting passing counterfeit currency.
      • A counterfeit 10-dollar bill was found in Scott's wallet leading the prosecutor to charge him with attempting to pass fake currency.
    4. 4.4no object (especially of money) circulate; be current.
      （尤指货币）流通，流传；通用
      racegoers had formed card schools, and cash was passing briskly

      经常看赛马的人组成了牌搭子，现金输赢很快。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Does it matter that there is real money passing in some and not others?
      • The amount of money passing through international currency markets has reached $1.5 trillion a day.
      • The rent currently passing under the lease is £10, 660.00 per annum.
      • The significant difference here is that no money passed at the first meeting.
      • Whether the money passes automatically depends on the type of joint accounts you have established.

  • 5with object (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course)

    通过（考试、测验、课程）

    she passed her driving test

    她通过了驾照考试。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is an intense pressure on them to be successful - to pass exams and tests.
    • If third-grade students did not pass the test, they would be retained in third grade.
    • This year again, the percentage of candidates who passed their final exams rose.
    • Most soldiers go beyond the bare requirements of staying in shape to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test.
    • Also, many states now require students to pass an achievement test in order to graduate or be promoted.
    • All 160 boys at St Paul's School in Barnes passed all subjects with grades A * to C.
    • A final exam score of 70 percent is required to pass the lesson and move on to the next one.
    • The students of a good teacher pass their course, graduate and settle down with good jobs.
    • In college, the goal is not only to pass the course but hopefully remember some of it for the rest of your life.
    • The best way I have found to pass exams is simply to turn up to as many lectures as possible.
    • Since pupils must pass an examination to proceed to the next standard there is a wide age range in some of the higher grades.
    • Applicants must pass a written test.
    • During her personal development course, Jenny passed exams in food hygiene, health and safety and first aid.
    • The inquest heard he had only recently passed his driving test.
    • Often, he says, a student will pass a state test in elementary school only to fail by seventh or eighth grade.
    • If pupils can't pass the modern exams, the whole system has failed completely.
    • Every two years they have to take a refresher course and pass the test.
    • All secondary school pupils will have to pass tests in the basics - literacy, maths and information technology.
    • Schools also have to present evidence of pupils having passed unit assessments throughout the year.
    • Only a small percentage of the village pupils pass the state examination at the end of sixth grade in order to go on to high school.
    Synonyms
    be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, get through, come through, meet the requirements of, pass muster in
    qualify, graduate
    informal come up to scratch in, come up to snuff in, sail through, scrape through
    1. 5.1 Judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory.
      判定（人，物）合格（或达标）
      with object and complement he was passed fit by army doctors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He could be back in the senior squad if he is passed fit.
      • In fact, if he is passed fit to play following his ankle ligament injury, he will suffer from a serious lack of match fitness.
      • He had been put through a very rigorous test before he was passed fit.
      • A few days before the full mission simulation, the medical board had passed us fit for flight.
      • I have a license with the Nevada State Athletic Commission and they have passed me fit to box.
      • He was passed fit to ride by the doctor on Saturday morning.
      • The leg was put in plaster and Garth had to delay his flight home until doctors passed him fit to fly.
    2. 5.2pass as/forno object Be accepted as or taken for.
      被认为，被当作
      he could pass for a native of Sweden

      他可能会被认为是一个土生土长的瑞典人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • What we have passing for democracy, therefore, is elected dictatorship.
      • I was in year 9 and, despite being capable of growing a passable imitation of a beard, wasn't capable of passing for 18.
      • I've picked out his gift and struggled over an appropriate note that makes a vain attempt to impart something passing for wisdom.
      • These days it's difficult to tell the difference between the babes and pretty boys passing as presenters and the pop starlets saturating their shows.
      • He wanted to know what I was doing in Atlanta while a comedy of errors was passing for local politics on the island.
      • They watch the corporate owned media and accept the garbage passed as news.
      • We feel obliged to come up with something that passes as native.
      • We have to accept that most of what passes for knowledge cannot be proved beyond all doubt.
      • This is the opposite of passively watching corporate-sponsored TV programs with government press releases passing for news.
      • Do they seriously think their nasty, sarcastic comments come close to passing as witty?
      • Eras of gender-distinctive clothing could help women disguise themselves, but passing as a eunuch was even easier - no need to lower your natural voice tone or even pretend to shave.
      • On the highway, you can get quite a thrill overtaking all those puny vehicles passing for buses.
      • There is something seriously amiss among most people passing for politicians.
      • Over and over he filmed the scenario of a light-skinned women passing as white, and a dark-skinned man ignoring a women of his own shade to aspire to that wan princess.
      Synonyms
      be mistaken for, be taken for, be regarded as, be accepted as
    3. 5.3no object Be accepted as adequate; go unremarked.
      she couldn't agree, but let it pass
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I feel that he does not believe me and although this is hard for me to accept I let it pass.
      • Harry had been ready to let it pass, to accept his confession, and he had refused that.
      • John recognized the mocking tone in his voice and knew that he still didn't believe him, but he let it pass.
      • A boy was bitten by his neighbour's dog but his parents just let it pass because they thought the boy was not seriously injured.
      • Actually, it was a couple of days back, but let it pass.
      • He should have remarked on this, but let it pass.
      • Some people are willing to let it pass and the rest of us aren't.
      • However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
      • Of course, a lot of those mechanisms are hooked up to the Internet, but let it pass.
      • I could tell he was just trying to cut through the awkward silence that would have filled the air, so I let it pass.
      • Katherine caught the expression and was growing angry herself, but she let it pass.
      • Alex didn't even question how the DVD player worked and let it pass when I made instant popcorn.
      • At first the firemen saw no humor in the escapade but finally let it pass without charging any one for turning in a false alarm.
      • We exchanged a look at this, but both decided to let it pass.
      • I wasn't going to comment on it, but the media spin was just too unbelievable to let it pass.
      • There was a slight tension between them but Callum tried to let it pass.
      • Strange thing to say, I thought, but there was something comforting about it even so, and I let it pass.
      • The implication that he holds ownership over me makes me seethe, but I let it pass.
      • Tina narrowed her blue eyes slightly, but she decided to let it pass.
      • We could give up in disgust, forget the whole thing and let it pass.

  • 6(of a legislative or other official body) approve or put into effect (a proposal or law) by voting on it.

    批准，通过（议案、法律等）

    the bill was passed despite fierce opposition

    尽管遭到强烈反对，这个议案还是获得通过。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Congress quickly passed a non-binding resolution backing him.
    • In 1969 an Act was passed which lowered the age of all voters to 18.
    • My union branch committee has unanimously passed a resolution to back all the protests.
    • The following year he passed the Trade Disputes Act, which declared general strikes to be revolutionary and illegal.
    • The Constitution was amended to eliminate the king's power to block bills passed by parliament.
    • It is clear that the parties are taking positions to pass this bill in its entirety.
    • If Parliament - the body that passes the laws - does not uphold the law, how can we expect the public to have faith in our courts and our lawmaking institutions?
    • The new law was passed despite opposition from the Health Ministry and medical community.
    • However, I am disappointed that we could not unanimously pass this legislation today because of Democratic obstruction.
    • In our system of government, he said, the legislature passes laws and then the executive interprets them.
    • The motion was passed by 555 votes in favour and 4 against, 48 abstained.
    • Parliament is expected to pass legislation approving the Prime Minister's move early this year.
    • It is not a requirement of international law that we pass this legislation.
    • Laws are passed with retrospective effect, late at night with bipartisan support and virtually no debate.
    • Other European governments are closely watching French developments as they consider passing similar laws.
    • Laws are passed by legislatures on the basis of necessity, rather than morality.
    • That has been the strongest, principled position against passing the bill at this stage.
    • I'd like to appeal to the Florida senators to please, please pass this new bill.
    • When the New York legislature failed to pass an emancipation law, some slaves ran away.
    • Have all administrative, legal and legislative avenues to pass a law truly been exhausted?
    1. 6.1no object (of a proposal) be approved by a legislative or other official body.
      the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107

      该提案以164票对107票获得批准。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • While the voucher scheme did not pass Congress, the testing proposals passed both the House and the Senate.
      • The bill still has to pass the House of Lords.
      • It already has passed the Senate and the Assembly will vote on it in late-August.
      • It didn't pass committee without a fight.
      • A similar bill to address the digital divide already passed the Senate unanimously.
      • That plan passed the Senate but died in the House as lawmakers wrapped up work to adjourn for the year.
      • The bill was removed from the legislature's schedule, together with other bills that failed to pass committee review.
      Synonyms
      approve, vote for, accept, ratify, adopt, carry, agree to, authorize, sanction, endorse, validate, legalize, put into effect, enact
      informal OK

  • 7with object Pronounce (a judgement or judicial sentence)

    宣布（裁定，判决）

    passing judgement on these crucial issues

    对这些至关重要的问题作出判定。

    it is now my duty to pass sentence upon you

    现在该由我来宣布对你作出的判决。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She admitted she had grave misgivings about passing such a sentence, but said she was prepared to give the defendant a chance.
    • On that day the Crown invited the court to proceed to pass sentence on both defendants, and to postpone the determination of a confiscation order.
    • Accordingly, he proceeded to pass the sentences of 8 years concurrent on each count.
    • In passing sentence the judge said that the appellant had an appalling record.
    • A jail term had to be passed to deter others.
    • She passed a nine years term on each of the four offences, all to run concurrently.
    • Magistrates deliberated for over an hour before passing a four-month custodial sentence on the 32-year-old farmer.
    • North Yorkshire Police have said national guidelines prevent them from commenting on the case until sentence has been passed.
    • Pope Clement VIII demanded that Bruno be sentenced as a heretic and the Inquisition passed the death sentence on him.
    • They passed a two-month consecutive term for the assault, with a concurrent 14 days for criminal damage.
    • The magistrates passed sentence after reading pre-sentence reports.
    • Each member of this court would, it should be recorded, have passed a longer sentence for that offence.
    • The judicial decision must be made before sentence is passed and the decision must be made obvious by the judge.
    • A judge passing sentence at Preston Crown Court told her she had been convicted on overwhelming evidence.
    • The Court also declared that only a member of the judiciary could pass a sentence and that this was out of the remit of the Home Secretary.
    • The last two of the accused were found guilty today and the judge announced he will pass sentence on all the defendants tomorrow.
    • When the sentences were passed at York Crown Court in May 2001, he walked free because of the time he had spent in custody on remand.
    • They applauded as the judge passed a mandatory life sentence.
    • Although the verdict has been reached and sentence passed, all 13 defendants have the right of appeal.
    • Everything went smoothly until the judge was about to pass sentence in accordance with the plea bargain.
    Synonyms
    declare, pronounce, utter, express, deliver, issue, set forth
    1. 7.1 Utter (something, especially criticism)
      使（货币等）流通
      she would pass remarks about the Peebles in their own house

      她会在皮布尔斯家里对这家人评头论足。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They were young guys themselves and they kept passing comments.
      • I was brought up not to pass remarks.
      • Justine said that when in company some people had passed remarks such as: ‘Have you tried to kill yourself?’
      • He recently passed critical comments about the attitude of cotton farmers.
      • Everyone thought they had the right to pass comment and judgement on her.
    2. 7.2pass on/uponarchaic no object Adjudicate or give a judgement on.
      〈古〉宣判，判决；评判
      a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endacott's good faith

      不可依赖陪审团来对恩达科特的诚意问题作评判。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the theory of our legal system that is a matter for a jury to pass upon, not for judges, though judges have to do it in the retrospective courts of criminal appeal.
      • If the hypothesis is that good practice suggests that the jury should pass upon the differentiation, then procedure just has to bend to the resolution of the question.
      • Why do we not think in terms of your right, prima facie, unless it is a very clear case, to have the matter passed upon by a jury of fellow citizens?
      • This decision was passed upon by their Lordships' House.
      • Instead of that, you come here now, some three years and more after the decision, seeking to have this Court pass upon it.

  • 8with object Discharge (something, especially urine or faeces) from the body.

    排泄

    she may have difficulty in passing urine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The patient complained of a three year history of difficulty passing urine, being able to produce only a thin trickle of urine with straining.
    • Caffeine and alcohol make you pass more urine or irritate your bladder and give you urgency.
    • Catheters are thin flexible tubes which are inserted into the bladder to allow urine to be passed.
    • ‘He suffers from a bladder problem which means he has to pass urine frequently and urgently,’ he said.
    • Men may have a discharge, pain on passing urine or painful testicles.
    • He was released without charge after seven days but his beatings were so bad that he had passed blood in his urine and had blood in his ear canals.
    • It affects mainly men over the age of 45 and common symptoms include a need to get up several times in the night to pass urine.
    • Any enlargement of the prostate (cancerous or benign) can cause problems with passing urine.
    • When you pass urine, the muscular wall of your bladder contracts, helping to squeeze urine out through a tube from your bladder called the urethra.
    • This may lead to lower abdominal discomfort or backache, or may press on the bladder causing symptoms such as needing to pass urine more often than normal.
    • The side-effects of radiotherapy include tiredness, a burning sensation on passing urine and early menopause.
    • This is simply to help relax the muscles - no urine will actually be passed.
    • This can cause pressure on the bladder, increasing the sensation of needing to pass urine.
    • It's important not to pass urine for at least four hours - and sometimes overnight - before a urine sample is taken.
    • Fifteen per cent of both men and women got up at night to pass urine.
    • He was still able to pass urine and there was no evidence of infection.
    • She was seen a week ago complaining of being sore ‘down below’ and pain on passing urine for one week.
    • Some people also complain of tension headaches, stomach cramps and of having to get up repeatedly at night to pass urine.
    • Urinary incontinence is passing urine when you don't mean to because of partial or total loss of control of the bladder.
    • Chlamydia can cause pain when passing urine, long-term pelvic pain and infertility.
    Synonyms
    discharge, excrete, eliminate, evacuate, expel, emit, void, release, let out

  • 9no object Forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity to do or have something.

    放弃，弃权

    we pass on pudding and have coffee

    我们不要布丁，要咖啡。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We passed on a sweet and ordered a second bottle of fizz instead.
    • Until some changes are made, I'm going to have to pass.
    • We invited them over and they said they had to pass.
    • I had three opportunities to sell, all of which I passed on because I thought something bigger and better was coming.
    • Company after company passed because they were unsure whether to handle it as music or a book.
    • Thank you for the offer, but I think I'd better pass.
    1. 9.1as exclamation Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz.
      （因回答不出问题而说）过
      to the enigmatic question we answered ‘Pass’

      对于这个令人费解的问题，我们回答道：“过。”

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is easy enough to say ‘Pass’ at once when I know that I don't know and have never known the answer to a question.
      • A fellow was asked a few questions on 20th Century Irish history, and he kept saying ‘pass’, to every question.
    2. 9.2with object (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend)
      （公司）不支付（红利）
      the company has already passed its interim dividend
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the Company passed its dividend in 1867, the value of its shares fell sharply.
      • They'll have to pass their dividend.
      • It passed its halfyear dividend and turnover fell almost 30 per cent.
    3. 9.3Bridge Make no bid when it is one's turn during an auction.
      〔桥牌〕不叫
      South bids 1NT. North passes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each bid must be higher than the previous one, and a player who does not wish to bid can pass.
      • Some play that if the first three players pass, the dealer is not allowed to pass, but must bid.
      • The minimum bid is one, and each player in turn must either bid higher than the highest bid so far or pass.
      • If at least one bid was made, the auction ends when two players have passed.
      • Starting with the player to dealer's left, each player has just one chance to bid or pass.
noun pɑːspæs

  • 1An act or instance of moving past or through something.

    经过，通过

    repeated passes with the swipe card

    反反复复地刷卡。

    an unmarked plane had been making passes over his house

    一架无标志的飞机在他房子上空飞来飞去。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the things that gets me is that the report so far seems to suggest that the pilot took two or three passes over the area before dropping the bomb.
    • If you are going to seed the lawn, you should make six to 10 passes over the area with a machine.
    • After a number of passes around the Sun the comet becomes largely or completely de-iced and so resembles an asteroid.
    • If you have a 26-inch path and get 6 inches of snow, single passes with a snowblower will reveal the ground.
    • The wide swath means fewer passes over the target area.
    • The tractor broom with the lowest forward gear performed best and generally removed the surface in a single pass.
    • The fresh bull is put through its paces by the banderillos and the matadors, who will make some passes to study its movement and pace.
    • Before heading for the coast I made a pass over Mt Caburn and had a look down into the quarry at the east side of it.
    • The trials involve the delivery of stores and up to 90 British paratroopers from a single pass.
    • In one of the tests, five 5000 lb pallets were offloaded in a single pass.
    • All three pictures that follow were taken today in a single pass by the satellite.
    • The helicopters made several low passes over the area and both drew fire, he said.
    • The laser is set to the appropriate settings and a single pass is made over the entire face, including the eyelids.
    • Ben flew his first eight night passes, and we departed the pattern for our side-to-side crew swap.
    • A seaplane operated by protest groups made several passes over the area.
    • I was doing well and had even made a pass at 207.94 mph, but then I ran into a little problem.
    1. 1.1 An act of passing the hands over something, as in conjuring or hypnotism.
      （变魔术或施催眠术时）手的动作，手法；（掠过物体的）手的移动
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As he spoke, he made a magician's pass, and a microphone appeared in his hand.
      • Before the startled girl could move, the witch made a pass with her hands and muttered a spell and the girl was instantly transformed into a bird.
      • At the end of his prayer he made a pass with his hands, and suddenly his mind was filled with the image of his master, dead in his chambers.
    2. 1.2 A thrust in fencing.
      （击剑中的）戳刺
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Agrippa taught this form of shoulder thrust along with the common use of the pass.
      • He fells them with one sweeping pass of his sword.
      • He cut off the attacker's hand with a single pass, but another blade had already found his left side exposed.
    3. 1.3 A juggling trick.
      变戏法，作手法
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this case you juggle 4 for a bit, throw a pass and then juggle 3 for a bit.
    4. 1.4Computing A single scan through a set of data or a program.
      〔计算机〕（对一组数据或一个程序的）一次浏览，一次扫描
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You can also overwrite the disk with one or more passes of random data, though this additional step is not necessary.
      • The whole thing can now be done with a single pass, using a single repository and that's a big boon.
      • In all honesty, I have yet to create a regular expression in my work without a couple of passes to get it exactly right.

  • 2A success in an examination, test, or course.

    通过（考试、测验、课程）

    an A-level pass in Music

    音乐课的高级考试合格。

    as modifier a 100 per cent pass rate

    100%的及格率。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He held a very careful oral examination after a student had been awarded a pass in a written examination.
    • Twelve boys achieved the incredible feat of achieving five A-grade passes each.
    • She scored ten passes, including an A grade in art, a B for religious education and Cs for English, science and food technology.
    • At Manchester High School for Girls the pass rate was 100 per cent.
    • At 95 per cent, the overall pass rate was on a par with the national average.
    • Of key interest to parents is the percentage of students achieving five or more GCSE passes at grade C or above.
    • She obtained a first-class pass in her final examination.
    • Only two per cent of students in Wandsworth schools failed to gain a single pass.
    • Drivers are expected to fork out £53 of their own money to take the test which has a pass rate of just 35 per cent.
    • He is now looking at just four GCSE passes as opposed to the eight high grade passes she believes he is capable of.
    • Overall, 85 per cent of students walked away with five GCSE passes at grades A * to C.
    • She wants to read maths at Cambridge University, for which she requires good passes in two advanced maths Highers.
    • Somehow or another I managed to get the right combination of honours and passes to be accepted at college.
    • The student who relies upon lecture notes is destined to achieve, at best, a borderline pass and risks failing.
    • She was delighted with the results and the overall pass rate of 97 per cent.
    • The headteacher said that 81 per cent of the passes were A and B grades.
    • Entrants should have five GCSE passes at grades A-C.
    • Overall, the percentage of students achieving a pass has increased to 98 per cent.
    • Last year more than 21% of students attained A grade passes at A level.
    • However, those figures are based on grades A to E, whereas only grades A to C count as passes in Highers.
    1. 2.1British An achievement of a university degree without honours.
      〈英〉及格证书
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It will also focus attention on why so many more men get a pass degree, almost right across the board.
      • They include those who come down from University with no other qualification than a pass degree and perhaps a Blue, and no prospects whatsoever.
      • He went on to Christ's College, Cambridge, took a pass degree, and became a clergyman.
      • The University of London revealed she only achieved a pass in her degree.
      • He did very poorly in his degree and had to settle for only a pass degree.

  • 3A card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transport, or event.

    通行证，出入证；入场券；乘车券

    a bus pass
    you could only get in with a pass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Domestic passengers can use the touch-screen kiosks to receive a boarding pass if they have an electronic ticket.
    • Entry to the event is free, but strictly through student ID cards or passes.
    • A very distinct advantage to having a press pass is getting in before the general public.
    • A half fare bus pass is available allowing travel throughout Wiltshire and Swindon.
    • My wife and I would suffer a great loss if our bus passes were withdrawn.
    • VIP passes were widely counterfeited, and double the expected number of people showed up.
    • Just this week, the first journalist blogger was granted a daily pass to White House press briefings.
    • All personnel on duty in Portsmouth for the duration of the festival will get special passes giving free access.
    • A six-day adult lift pass costs £85.
    • Individual shows are $9, but weekend and festival passes are available.
    • Those with travel passes can now travel free on the bus.
    • Staff directly employed by Transport for London receive a free travel pass.
    • Transit passes are available to visitors attending meetings, conferences, and conventions.
    • Upon starting the tour, you receive a boarding pass with a name of a passenger.
    • Seating is limited so make sure you get your passes in advance.
    • My media pass only permitted access to the Grandstand, where the dress rules were more relaxed.
    • For a fraction of the costs of a bus pass, students will get unlimited access to transit.
    • I take out my wallet and rifle through my collection of passes and membership cards.
    • The sentries at the main gate refused to let him enter because his pass had expired.
    • Half of them will soon qualify for their free bus pass.
    Synonyms
    permit, warrant, authorization, licence
    passport, visa, safe conduct, exeat
    free ticket, free admission, complimentary ticket
    rare laissez-passer
    1. 3.1historical (in South Africa) an identity book which black people had to carry between 1952 and 1986, used to limit the movement of black people to urban areas.
      〈史〉（南非于1952-1986年间为限制黑人前往市区而令他们随身携带的）身份簿
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About 10,000 people marched to the local police stations to turn themselves in for not carrying their passes.
      • She protested against women having to carry passes in the 1950s.
      • Bloemfontein was one of the few cities where the number of African women was nearly as high as men, and the Free State authorities demanded that women carry urban residential passes.

  • 4(in soccer, rugby, and other games) an act of kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball to another player on the same side.

    （足球、英橄以及其他比赛中）传（球）

    his cross-field pass to Giggs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Players make mistakes all the way through the game and give the ball away with bad passes.
    • Scouts watch each prospect throw hundreds of passes.
    • The home side began to launch long diagonal passes from the full backs looking to reach wide players.
    • He seemed to touch down in the corner only for the referee to rule it out, appearing to indicate that the final pass had been forward.
    • On at least two occasions, he threw passes to receivers who weren't looking for the ball.
    • He's more flexible and more capable of moving and stretching for passes.
    • He returned kicks and caught passes and ran the ball - he did everything in that game.
    • The 50 passes he made indicate how heavily he was involved in the game.
    • The Briton clinches the set at his first opportunity with a backhand pass down the line.
    • He became reluctant to run the ball when pressured and sometimes threw ill-timed passes.
    • Returning from injury, the loose head set the move in motion then reappeared on the wing to take a scoring pass and dive over for a fine score.
    • Even if a player under pressure makes a good pass, the ball might end up with the offense's fourth or fifth option.
    • He marshalled the attack, creating numerous openings with his astute forward passes.
    • The players were subdued, passes went astray, and the game lost any intensity.
    • Among his accomplishments was a 19-yard touchdown pass on his first play of the season.
    • The game was littered with mistakes, as both sides tried to force the pass, and the ball went to ground.
    • He caught five passes in that game, which turned out to be his last with the Giants.
    • He's throwing short and intermediate passes with laserlike accuracy but must improve on the deep ball.
    • The passing was dreadful, even short passes under no pressure went astray, while the lack of real shape to the team was quite evident.
    • The defense has been prone to giving up long passes late in games.
    Synonyms
    kick, hit, throw, shot, header

  • 5informal An amorous or sexual advance made to someone.

    〈非正式〉调情，勾引

    she made a pass at Stephen

    她向斯蒂芬搔首弄姿。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He never, in any way, made a pass at me, although he took an enormous interest in me as a person.
    • Rick had made a pass at her little sister.
    • His gay feelings were aroused by a man who made a pass at him in the cinema.
    • When she put him to bed, he made a pass at her.
    • On a recent visit to my friend's house, I was shocked and upset when her new husband made a pass at me.
    • I sometimes wonder what I'd have done if he'd made a pass at me.
    • I was sitting in the living room and whilst my friend was in the kitchen her husband made a pass at me.
    • He and the woman were having a drink together when she made a pass at him.
    • She confronts the man in the gang who had made a pass at her earlier.
    Synonyms
    make sexual advances to, make advances to, make sexual overtures to, proposition, make a sexual approach to
    informal come on to, make a play for
    North American informal hit on, make time with, put the make on
    dated make love to

  • 6A state or situation of a specified, usually undesirable, nature.

    （一般指不利的）情况，状况，境遇

    if this was what was being taught these days in colleges things had come to a pretty pass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This marks a sad pass for a brand name that, while dreaded by many parents, spelled excitement to a generation of kids.
    • It is a pity though that things have come to a pass where you and others feel this way.
    • The record industry has reached a strange pass when it makes more economic sense to give away an entire album than to spend the money needed to persuade people to buy it.
    • It is unlikely that the situation will ever come to such a pass because good sense is ultimately bound to prevail.
    • But don't you see, my poor darling, that loyalty is a silly virtue in the pass we are in?
    Synonyms
    reach a regrettable/bad state (of affairs), be in a worrying state, be in a sad plight, be in troubled circumstances, be in dire straits
    informal be in a pickle/hole

  • 7Bridge
    An act of refraining from bidding during the auction.

    〔桥牌〕不叫

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bidding ends after two consecutive passes.
    • The player that opened with a pass may respond by doubling the bid, in which case the usual procedure is followed.

Phrases

  • pass one's eye over

    • Read (a document) cursorily.

      草草地看，马虎地读（文件）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She has agreed to pass her eye over my personal journal and point out the typos.
      • My best friend is a libel lawyer, so I would get him to pass his eye over it as well.
      • He passed his eye over the report.
      • You can't merely pass your eyes over a page, underline a few things, and consider the job done.
      • I have passed my eye over as many passages of the 'Southern Farmer and Market Gardener,' as time and circumstances permitted me to do.

  • pass go

    • Successfully complete the first stage of an undertaking.

      home builders can't actually pass go unless they sell the houses
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, it's becoming increasingly apparent that if I go, I won't get my thesis done, won't be able to pass go, and won't collect my $200.
      • Cars do not pass go and collect $200.
      • And if I happen to tell you I think something's a deal-breaker, that does not mean break the deal, do not pass go.
      • But unless we apply the knowledge that we have gained, we cannot pass go, as it were.
      • Nor have I got a pass go collect £200 option either.
      • This guy wakes up in the morning, does not pass go, does not collect $200, but drinks a soda and eats a Pop-Tart with no crust.
      • Where the real housing industry varies enormously from the pretend world of real estate tycoons is that home builders can't actually pass go unless they sell the houses.
      • If a mother runs a fever during labor for any amount of time, the baby goes directly to NICU, does not pass go, does not collect 200 dollars.
      • Yup, I see him leapfrogging Triple-A, passing go, and collecting $200 four million dollars before the year is out.
      • All of this newest craze will undoubtedly be judged by how many times we "pass go" on the boards.

  • pass water

    • Urinate.

      小便

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He would cast doubt on the manliness of a player by asserting that he could only carry out the bodily function of passing water while in a sitting position.
      • Most people need to pass water every three to four hours during the day and up to once or twice in the night.
      • I told you I wanted to pass water three hours ago and you said I should wait till we got here.
      • We were both passing water in to the same toilet bowl, and he was telling me in faltering English how proud he was to be part of this company.
      • The need to pass water is sometimes very urgent, and doing so can be painful.
      • Some women do get symptoms of high blood sugar, such as increased thirst, increased need to pass water and increased hunger, although these are also common later on in pregnancy anyway.
      • A special ‘urine police’ squad is to be launched under plans to halt the damage being caused to historic buildings by men passing water on them.
      • He was having trouble passing water, and seemed to be in some discomfort.
      • If a urinary infection is not treated, it may spread upwards to the kidneys and damage them, so it is important not to ignore any pain or burning sensation on passing water.
      • Nowadays I need to pass water more often than before, but I'm otherwise well.

Phrasal Verbs

  • pass away

    • Die.

      she passed away in her sleep

      她是在睡眠中安详逝世的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Please say prayers for the soul of Hungarian amateur great Lazlo Papp, who passed away earlier this month.
      • The company is expected to name a chairman at the end of the month to replace Anthony Jacelon who passed away earlier this year.
      • Born into a family of twelve, Malachy was the last member of his family to pass away.
      • The best guy out there to ever come into wrestling has passed away.
      • The book is dedicated to the memory of Maura Burns of Ferrybank who recently passed away.
      • Additionally, Gerry Thomas, the inventor of the TV dinner, has also passed away at the age of 83.
      • He was the first member of my family to pass away quite young.
      • The match was preceded by a minutes silence, in memory of former Boleskine player Johnny Kennedy, who passed away this week.
      • My mum was poorly, then she passed away.
      • Sadly, despite putting up a tough fight to beat the cancer, Daniel passed away two weeks ago.

  • pass someone by

    • Happen without being noticed or fully experienced by someone.

      不注意，忽视

      sometimes I feel that life is passing me by

      有时我感到生活对我从不眷顾。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It feels like we are kind of standing still while the world is passing us by.
      • I realised that life had been passing me by, and felt I should be enjoying it a bit more by giving myself some free time.
      • As ‘progress’ happens, year by year, it passes us by.
      • For the first time I felt like life was passing me by.
      • On the other hand, there was a nagging feeling that chances were passing us by - chances that were almost within our reach, but not quite.
      • If you are not accustomed to being up at this hour, it's one of those pleasures in life that is passing you by.
      • In a fret about how life is passing us by, we feel compelled to draw up a list of all our faults and failures.
      • I can remember being 22 and feeling that the world was passing me by and that I was never going to make it.
      • How horrible it must be to be forced to live in such a place while life is passing them by.
      • We were blissfully unaware of the days passing us by.

  • pass off

    • (of proceedings) happen or be concluded in a specified, usually satisfactory way.

      发生，（顺利）完成

      the weekend had passed off entirely without incident

      这个周末算是顺顺利利地过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • An event on this scale takes a lot of preparation we're working hard to ensure it all passes off smoothly.
      • Earlier, a march by around 250,000 demonstrators had passed off peacefully but one large group set fire to government buildings.
      • We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident.
      • Around 20 000 people turned up to this year's festivities and it passed off without any trouble.
      • It's up to me to make sure everything passes off without a hitch.
      • She said the event had passed off peacefully with no arrests.
      • Buskers and street artists performed at every corner and the entire proceedings passed off without a hitch.
      • ‘The night passed off without any major incident, indeed it was very quiet,’ he said.
      • Police have advised many pubs to provide plastic glasses and extra doormen to ensure the big day passes off safely.
      • Despite a huge police presence following months of warnings about the potential for trouble, the event passed off peacefully.
      Synonyms
      take place, go off, happen, occur, be carried though, be completed, be brought to a conclusion, be accomplished
      turn out, fall out, pan out
      North American go down

  • pass something off

    • 1Evade or lightly dismiss an awkward remark.

      回避；把注意力从…移开

      he made a light joke and passed it off

      他开了一个小玩笑就把这件事给支吾过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He forced a smile, hoping to pass the remark off as a mild joke.
      • He might have passed her words off as the whims of childishness but she was not alone in her condemnations.
      • When I meet him, he tries to pass it off with a joke.
      • Simpson now passes the comment off as ‘a joke’.
      • It seemed as if he meant to pass it off as a casual observation.

    • 2Basketball
      Throw the ball to a teammate who is unmarked.

      〔篮球〕传球（给未被对方盯住的队友）

      he scored eight times and passed off forty-one assists

      他8次得分并且41次传球助攻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Paul quickly picked up on Will's style and was able to quickly pass the ball off to his other teammates before Will could steal it.
      • That meant he would have to shoot from long range or try to drive and pass the ball off.
      • He did a nice fake then passed the ball off to our power forward under the basket.
      • Instead of taking the ball to the hoop, for a lay-up, the guy passes the ball off and continues the offense.
      • He raised his hand in the air, signaling the offensive play, and passed it off to Rob, who had run up to the free-throw line.

  • pass someone/something off as

    • Falsely represent a person or thing as (something else)

      假冒，冒充

      the drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being passed off as the real stuff

      这酒被装进香槟酒瓶，冒充真品。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each year thousands of shoppers are being conned into buying fake Aberdeen Angus beef passed off as the genuine article by unscrupulous retailers.
      • Making assumptions and passing them off as truth is a poor reflection on someone's character.
      • A trader has been fined £400 after passing off an ‘inferior’ car alarm as an independently approved model.
      • The disturbing issue is that this advertisement was passed off as a legitimate newsworthy article in the sports section.
      • It says that staff in some poultry slaughterhouses commonly repackage and re-date raw chicken several times, passing it off as fresh meat.
      • More than a third of women admit to heating up supermarket products and passing them off as their own creations.
      • She passes off her mood swings as tiredness and shock due to the plane crash, but the truth is that Marc is occupying her every waking thought.
      • She took a great delight in telling everybody she spoke to that it was my birthday and even tried to pass me off as five years younger than I actually was.
      • Trading standards officers will be carrying out checks on licensed premises to make sure they are not cheating customers by passing off cheap cash-and-carry drinks as leading brands.
      • They are deliberately stealing someone else's words and passing them off as their own.
      Synonyms
      misrepresent, falsely represent, give a false identity to

  • pass on

    • Die.

      his wife passed on twelve years ago
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Colin took it way too personally and basically found it a way to make my life miserable once my dad passed on.
      • Last week there were hopes that Pake would recover from his illness, but since then he has passed on to his eternal reward.
      • Most do not until they pass on to the next realm, and in the moment o ' death they be more powerful than ever before.
      • The loan plus the interest is then repaid when you move house or pass on.
      • However, often we don't realise just how much a part these great voices are of our chosen sport until they have passed on.
      • Mr. George Wickham passed on at seven-thirty this evening.
      • To be buried in the back garden alongside the numerous family pets who had passed on to a better place, leaving their mortal remains to push up the pelargoniums.
      • Or maybe from a family member that has ' passed on '?
      • It means that she has not passed on this earth thinking only of herself.
      • Not just because the man passed on a long time ago, but because Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT) has actually been proved.

  • pass out

    • 1Become unconscious.

      失去知觉，晕倒

      he consumed enough alcohol to make him pass out

      他喝了过多酒竟至昏迷不醒。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • At this point, sheer panic set in, as I was about 30 seconds from passing out.
      • She doesn't help matters by getting totally drunk every night and passing out, only to wake in the morning with no memory of what she's done.
      • After being released on probation, he ended up passing out drunk and was picked up by police.
      • It is rare that anyone can last more than 5 minutes before passing out.
      • At the Convention Centre, people stumbled toward the helicopters, dehydrated and nearly passing out from exhaustion.
      • The court heard the woman passed out and was dragged unconscious from the creek.
      • Fortunately, my nephew has made a complete recovery and remembers everything that happened before he passed out.
      • He had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003 after passing out at the wheel of his car.
      • You're going to pass out unless you can get your breathing under control.
      • He passed out and woke up later in the recovery room, his wrists tied with gauze to the bed and gagging from the tube in his throat.
      Synonyms
      faint, collapse, lose consciousness, black out, keel over
      informal flake out, conk out
      literary swoon

    • 2Complete one's initial training in the armed forces.

      〈英〉结束新兵训练

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Martin successfully passed out at the Royal Marines training centre in Devon.
      • He was a member of the sea cadets in Trowbridge and passed out from an officers' course before sailing out to Singapore on the aircraft carrier, Illustrious.
      • After passing out recently, he joined 42 Commando.
      • He passed out in June 2001 following a 40-week intensive training course.
      • He passed out of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst last year.
      • He was the fittest recruit to pass out of training for the Royal Marines.
      • Jonathon passed out of basic training last month and is now looking forward to a full army career.
      • After graduating with a BA in geography from Salford University, he joined the Royal Marines and passed out in 1996.
      • He ended up in the Territorial Army, joined the Commandos and passed out at Sandhurst as an officer in the Welsh Regiment.
      • He joined the Royal Signals in 1999 after passing out from Sandhurst as the year's top academic graduate, winning him the Queen's Medal.

  • pass over

    • Die.

      by the time I reached the hospital she had passed over

  • pass someone over

    • Ignore the claims of someone to promotion or advancement.

      （对某人要求提升、晋级的请求）不作考虑

      he was passed over for a cabinet job

      他没有被任命为内阁成员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Talk to the decision makers and ask why you were passed over and what improvements are necessary for you to be considered for future promotions.
      • She was passed over time and again for pay raises and promotions.
      • How many times has she passed you over for a promotion?
      • He was passed over for the job of Director of the State Medical Services.
      • You want me to pass you over for promotions and pay you less for doing the same job?
      • You passed me over for promotion.
      • When Bruce is passed over for the news anchorman job he covets, he turns his gaze heavenward and curses God for his ill fortune.
      • In 1947, he was passed over for the post of professor of English literature at Merton College.
      • The technician, who claimed she had been passed over for promotion and was being paid 30% less than her male colleagues, was awarded $37,000.
      • But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.

  • pass something over

    • Avoid mentioning or considering something.

      忽略，忽视

      I shall pass over the matter of the transitional period

      对过渡期的事，我不会放在心上的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • These omissions of authors and the selectivity silently practised with included authors is to be expected, though its ramifications are passed over.
      • Too often the truth is passed over in favour of pleasing advertisers and third parties.
      • One is reminded of Francis Bacon's celebrated phrase: ‘In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior’.
      • We were good at passing it over because your instinct is to protect an alcoholic, so you let them get away with behaviour that would be unacceptable in anyone else.
      • Indeed, in Yorkshire records at the time and subsequently, the event is passed over with scant mention.
      • Certain highly sensitive subjects might be passed over for legitimate national security reasons.
      • More important, the teacher passes over an opportunity for expanding learning when she does not respond to Emily's question about the pumpkin.
      Synonyms
      disregard, overlook, ignore, avoid considering, not take into consideration, forget, pay no attention to, let pass, let go, gloss over, take no notice of, pay no heed to, take no account of, close one's eyes to, turn a deaf ear to, turn a blind eye to, omit, skip
      archaic overleap

  • pass something up

    • Refrain from taking up an opportunity.

      放过，拒绝

      he passed up a career in pro baseball

      他放弃了职业棒球生涯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Having waited so long for the chance he can't envisage passing it up.
      • My grandfather has been going to the races for years, and when he got the opportunity to buy this car, he didn't pass it up.
      • Well, sir, I don't know too many men who, given the opportunity to serve on a boat like the Seaview would pass it up!
      • It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I could not pass it up.
      • Surely his superiors would not want him to pass up such an opportunity.
      • She would never be able to forgive herself if she passed up an opportunity like this.
      • Two scoring chances had been passed up before Clarke put his side four up again with yet another remarkable point.
      • She would hit upon things that were such a good deal she felt she couldn't justify passing them up.
      • As their campus minister, I had urged them not to pass up an opportunity to reach out to the poor and oppressed.
      • If you get the chance to see this band live, do not even consider passing it up.
      Synonyms
      fail to take advantage of, turn down, reject, refuse, decline, deny oneself, give up, forgo, let go by, let pass, miss, miss out on, ignore, brush aside, dismiss, waive, spurn, neglect, abandon
      informal give something a miss

Origin

Middle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus 'pace'.

  • pace from Middle English:

    The word pace comes via Old French pas from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’. As well as stepping, it also meant ‘journey, route’ in early examples. To be put through your paces arose in the mid 18th century from horse-riding. The notion of ‘tempo’ as in change of pace is from the 1950s while pace yourself is only found from the 1970s. Other words from the same root are pass in the sense to go by, passage (Middle English); passenger (Middle English) the ‘n’ added to conform with words like ‘messenger’; and expand, literally to stretch out. The Old French form of expand, espandre, has the special sense of ‘to shed, spill, pour out’ and is the origin of to spawn (Late Middle English).

Rhymes

brass, carse, class, coup de grâce, farce, glass, grass, Grasse, impasse, Kars, kick-ass, kvass, Laplace, Maas, Madras, outclass, sparse, stained glass, surpass, upper class, volte-face

pass2

noun pɑːspæs

  • 1A route over or through mountains.

    （山坳）通道，山口

    the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows

    过山的通道在下雪后又重新开放了。

    in place names the Khyber Pass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The brothers travelled clandestinely through Iran, and crossed illegally into Turkey over a mountain pass.
    • Militants' camps have never been completely wound up and infiltration takes place after the melting of snow at the passes straddling over the mountains.
    • The mountain passes are high and demanding, the climate gives extremes of weather conditions, the infrastructure is primitive and the hidden wastelands are boundless.
    • We drove north, broken-down trucks littering the road as we travelled up to the summit of the pass through the mountain.
    • Snow levels will be dropping throughout the daytime tomorrow from above the mountain passes down to below the mountain passes.
    • Rather than retrace our steps, we continued southwards, traversing the mountain down to a pass called Bwlch Tryfan.
    • The best hope of that will be in July and August, when the snow will melt, as much as it ever does, and the mountain passes are at their most accessible.
    • What it is Off-road running on dirt tracks and mountain passes.
    • Police believe that Mr Johnson was trying to avoid the high mountain Alpine passes in the park, but may have been forced to attempt the route by the prevailing conditions.
    • During December and January the ground was frozen hard, and even travelling to the site over mountain roads and passes proved hazardous.
    • Thus, there are prayer flags, wheels, mani stones and mantras everywhere - on the terraces of housing blocks and at the most desolate of mountain passes.
    • Beware of what appear to be shortcuts on maps - these often turn out to be unpaved roads or mountain passes.
    • By late afternoon they had reached the valley of the mountain pass and the south road.
    • There were more twists and turns in the BMW International Open over the flatlands of Nord-Eichenried than on the most serpentine of mountain passes.
    • So he goes out and zooms around the mountain passes of California for a week, and I wish him a fond farewell, but I don't go on these trips with him.
    • Soon the winter weather will close in and, in the high reaches of the Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges, the mountain passes will be closed when the temperature drops below freezing for months on end.
    • The mountain pass is a difficult road to travel and it appears as though you are not apothecaries or wandering salesmen.
    • She has breathtaking pictures of a mountain pass so high, that the clouds may be seen way down below.
    • The government's weakness and Washington's fear that terrorists might set up camp in the country's mountain passes have kept it there.
    • The road twisted and hairpinned and climbed, but as scary mountain passes go, it was pretty tame.
    Synonyms
    route, way, road, narrow road, passage, cut, gap, gorge, canyon, ravine, gully, defile, col, couloir
    Scottish bealach
    North American notch
    1. 1.1 A passage for fish over or past a weir or dam.
      鱼道，洄游通道
      a programme to build salmon passes at weirs and other obstacles
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An existing fish pass has fallen into disrepair and is not maintained, resulting in fish finding it hard to get upriver to spawn.
      • Some passes produced more fish than others, but none left us empty-handed.
      • The agency is also looking at installing a fish pass at Farington Weir to help the fish reach spawning ground upstream.
      • A fish pass was incorporated into the new culvert constructed over the Corroy River to allow passage for fish when river flows are low.
      • To add to this assurance of quality, Graham fillets each fish by hand, which allows him to monitor every single fish that passes through the Smokehouse.
      • We are making alterations to the concrete wall beside the fish pass, and installing a wooden baffle to push more water towards the fish pass entrance.
      • They died because a fish pass was built using incorrect water levels.
      • The agency will also create a new fish pass at Callis Bridge.
      • Fish struggling to find their way through a fish pass have been given a helping hand by the Environment Agency.
      • The company was now being asked to spend £20,000 on a fish pass based largely on anecdote.
      • It said two persons were apprehended while attempting to take fish illegally at the fish pass in November.
      • The Environment Agency stressed it was a long-term strategy and it was reviewing all the weirs in the river system to see if fish passes could be put in place.
      • Fish were currently unable to bypass the weir because the fish pass was not operating, he said.
      • Coffey argues that this was always possible when the existing fish pass at the Weir was properly maintained.
      • The group received funding for repairs to the stonework and other remedial repairs to the fish passes of the Cooper Salmon Fishery at Ballisodere.

Phrases

  • head (or cut) someone/something off at the pass

    • Forestall someone or something.

      预防，预先阻止（或妨碍）

      he came up with this story at the last minute, just to cut me off at the pass

      在最后关头他才提出这种说法，无非是想对我来个先发制人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If we get to grips with them early enough, if we could identify them and head them off at the pass, then I think the problem would be largely resolved.
      • ‘Structures’ were what Williams referred to endlessly when the talk was moving towards results and the Australian was always keen to head any conversation off at the pass before it arrived at that thorny subject.
      • It could turn out to be his final contribution, but it would be a lasting one and surely enough to cut any boos off at the pass.
      • This has evolved into a more dynamic, systematic approach of seeking out potential risk, heading it off at the pass and putting the systems in place for mitigating that risk.
      • ‘The idea is to deal with emerging issues and cut things off at the pass before they become politicized and polarizing,’ Collord explains.
      • If the French are concerned now about their town centres, then we should just look a little bit down the road and cut the future off at the pass.
      • If you haven't headed it off at the pass with some chemicals, you lie there shaking and shivering like a Maltese poodle in the mouth of a bull terrier.
      • This morning I could feel it coming on again, and took some aspirin to head it off at the pass, as it were.
      • Movie producers decided to head that threat off at the pass by agreeing to rules of self-censorship which Hays helped form.
      • Then I agree that if you head them off at the pass, and they persist and are violent, then you fight fire with fire.
      • We've got to know what's going to happen before it happens so we can cut them off at the pass.
      • So she clenched her teeth and took her chance - headed the bucket holder off at the pass.
      • By the time I made my own diagnosis, it was too late to cut the symptoms off at the pass, but I'm on a course of antibiotic therapy anyway just to prevent myself infecting everyone else in the entire hospital.
      • You've got to see what happens, but if there are going to be problems, we better head them off at the pass.
      • I imagine such frivolous technological pursuits will be headed off at the pass, since the vet has staked a prior claim on my wallet.
      • I tried to beat her to Safehaven, but a stop light kept me from heading her off at the pass.
      • Pulling some political strings, he brings Section 9 in to act as security guards to protect his fortune, who set up operations around the compound, planning on heading the thief off at the pass.
      • When he commanded a majority of 167, university tuition fees scraped through by only five votes: in his current situation, 30 or so rebel backbenchers can head him off at the pass whenever principle or prejudice moves them.
      • It's part of their job to extrapolate from current trends, anticipate future problems, and head them off at the pass.
      • I see where some of the pubs are looking forward to the day when smoking will be banned in their premises by trying to cut the move off at the pass.

  • sell the pass

    • Betray a cause.

      〈英〉背叛事业，出卖立场

      he is merciless to other poets whom he considers to have sold the pass

      对其他那些他认为出卖了立场的诗人，他都是很无情的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the same time, he believed that ‘the quint-essential Diehard… never entirely trusts his leaders not to sell the pass behind his back.’
      • The great marquess never sold the pass on such an issue of principle, the great adventurer couldn't resist dishing the Whigs by out-democratising them.
      • Following their decision he said: ‘By their refusal to make the retention of the Lucozade Sign a condition of the development package, Hounslow have sold the pass.’
      • If those in government allow themselves to be intimidated into neutrality because they harbour private peccadilloes, they will sell the pass to the prophets of moral nihilism.
      • These people at the beginning of the 20th century sold the pass on that one, and decided that we were better off without this language, which was the badge, supposedly, of our superiority to the other creatures.
      • Query whether you do not sell the pass once you concede that there might be just a little tiny bit of punishment in there.
      • The third of the Derby / Disraeli minority Tory administrations then brought in its own bill for the towns, thus selling the pass of the anti-reformers' position.
      • He arrived knowing that the French government had already sold the pass at the Congress of Berlin.
      • Alas, he himself feebly sold the pass when he agreed in his ‘concordat’ with the Constitution Secretary to the abolition of the Lord Chancellor.
      • And responsibility for that external breakdown lies squarely with the paramilitary thugs and their political appeasers, who have simply sold the pass.
      • A substantial number of the party's ruling council could never accept that the hardliner they voted for to stonewall seemed to have sold the pass.
      • There was some minor resistance from a few tiers down the management structure in some companies, but the upshot was that the OEMs bravely sold the pass.
      • On that point Isaacs' wife might have unwittingly sold the pass.
      • Perhaps Confucius and Mencius had already sold the pass.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'division of a text, passage through'): variant of pace1, influenced by pass1 and French pas.

verb.1
phr.
phr.v.
noun.1
phr.

pass1

verbpæspas

  • 1Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

    经过，穿过

    no object, with adverbial of direction he passed through towns and villages
    with object and adverbial of direction he passed a weary hand across his forehead
    pass an electric current through it

    使其通电。

    the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead

    盟军的炮弹就在头顶上空飞过。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You travel along the coast and have some great views of the scenery, passing through several towns along the way.
    • As we passed along the road that led in to Hudsons Field, the first runners were already coming out and we broke into applause, cheering them on.
    • Calmly curious, they cruise right up to us before passing gently overhead, circling back for a series of fly-bys.
    • Geoff said people will get the best view at about midnight each night when Mars passes directly overhead.
    • She moved along the edge of the cliff and he passed along the rocks to get closer.
    • We passed by apples trees filled with bright red fruits.
    • Last year, more than 125,000 paying members of the public passed through its gates.
    • The victim was shot in the stomach at close range with a hand gun but the bullet passed through his body narrowly missing his vital organs.
    • We reached the marketplace where we did our weekly shopping every Sunday morning, passing between the hospital on the left and the public baths on the right.
    • As noted elsewhere in your site, boats cannot pass under low bridges.
    • During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth, leaving a bright rim of fire.
    • Three masked men reached a first floor office on Sunday night after passing through at least one checkpoint as well as corridors and rooms secured by coded keypads.
    • The silence was broken by the engine of a park ranger's orange van passing along the footpath.
    • A police patrol passing along the road at 2 a.m. became suspicious as they were constantly being preceded by a van.
    • A shiver passed along her body.
    • She turned and walked slowly away, passing under the light of the lamps.
    • A car passing along the street came to a halt.
    • He was passing along the road after the shooting and noticed the body before anyone else had come to investigate.
    • He said that he recalled something being thrown off the yacht as it passed between the pier and the other yacht.
    • The airport is predicting it will see 330,000 passengers pass through the terminal by Sunday.
    Synonyms
    go, proceed, move, progress, make one's way, travel, drive, fly
    1. 1.1 Change from one state or condition to another.
      转变，改变
      homes that have passed from public to private ownership

      已经由公有转为私有的居民住宅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Iron has the property of readily passing from one valency condition to the other, as connects iron with the rhythmic breathing process.
      • At the least, it suggests how a building passes through stages of public recognition and can be changed quickly by events affecting it.
      • His paintings pass easily from the public to the private sphere.
      • The tram system passed from private to public hands in February 1909 when York Corporation took it over.
      • We show that channels pass through a dilated condition with altered selectivity as they are becoming defunct.
      • But if the copyright is not worth even $1 to the owner, then we believe the work should pass into the public domain.
      • Before it became a hotel, it passed between various departments including Customs and Excise.
      • As she swam, she could see the shadows on the ocean floor slowly growing longer as day passed into night.
    2. 1.2North American euphemistic Die (used euphemistically)
      〈婉〉逝世，死亡，亡故
      his father had passed to the afterlife
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His father passed away when Todd was only 4 and so he didn't have much memory of his dad.
      • At the age of six his father passed away leaving his mum, Helen, to bring up four young children.
      • His father-in-law Jimmy passed away this morning after a long illness.
      • After my father passed away, my sisters got married, but I told my mother I didn't want to get married so soon.
      • She fell ill and within seven days passed away in her father's arms.
      • His father had passed away, and he was having a lot of trouble grieving and dealing with that.
      • He has been caring for his mother, Maria, now 85, since his father passed away.
      • His father passed away about 10 years ago; the household is run by his mother.
      • His sister and father passed away while he was in prison.
      • His life changed when his father passed away and left a him a small locksmith's workshop.
      • When his father passed away, he returned to the area to help out his mother and be near his family.
      • Life was difficult after her father passed away in 1946 and eventually the family farm was sold.
      • A year after his family set up home again in the Highlands his father passed away suddenly.
      • Sadly, my father, Roy, passed away in August 2001 after a two-year battle with cancer.
      • My father, who passed away some twenty-five years ago, was one of the foremost ear, nose and throat specialists.
      • The play opens on the eve of Catherine's twenty-fifth birthday, just days after her father has passed away.
      • Sadly, Lily's mother and father have passed away, so she will walk down the aisle on the arm of her brother, Philip.
      • Nathaniel's father passed away when he was only eleven, and was never around much when he was alive.
      • I have been in close proximity to many people of various ages and conditions as they have passed from this life.
      • My father passed away but before he passed he told me to go ahead and make another movie because he could see how depressed I was.
      Synonyms
      pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx
      die, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

  • 2with object Go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding.

    经过，通过；超过，越过

    the two vehicles had no room to pass each other

    这两辆车因路面太窄而无法交会通过。

    no object we will not let you pass

    我们是不会让你过去的。

    she passed a rest area with a pay phone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am still moved every time I pass the old neighbourhood where I lived.
    • He passes his brother and moves towards center stage.
    • Whenever I pass the old drive-in cinema south of the Heavitree Gap, I get a melancholy feeling.
    • In October 1999, a train passed a red signal departing Paddington Station in London.
    • They apologised for blocking the road and let me pass, slowly crunching snow under my tyres.
    • Upon discovering it was empty the group moved on, passing portraits and tapestries far too grimy to be determinable.
    • You'll be more likely to enjoy and understand the weird places you end up if you know how you got there and what you passed along the way.
    • The tour will start on the Victoria Embankment of the Thames, near Blackfriars Station, and pass the Houses of Parliament.
    • When the traffic finally started to move, I passed an embankment on the right hand side of the motorway which was covered with grazing sheep.
    • Before we moved here I passed this junction twice a day for the last 12 years and I never saw an accident.
    • We passed the Greenbank station and went down to the railroads shops just a mile or two down the road.
    • All drivers have to do to pass each other safely is to stay on their side of the road.
    • To Clark's surprise, when he passes them, the director's hand reaches out to flag his attention.
    • The journey is always brightened up for me by the miniature golf course we pass along the seafront.
    • I would be only too pleased to have bicycles passing my front door rather than noisy, speeding vehicles.
    • After passing a few side roads, Bastian pulled into her driveway and stopped the car.
    • The sun had been up for an hour or so when I passed the Seattle city limit sign.
    • The walk up the stairs took no time at all, Kyle started to move slower as they passed Jenny's room.
    • For a while, Heather wandered with no purpose or direction, passing apartment buildings and rows of small shops.
    • Just as I was making my move and passing the table I tripped and fell, lunch tray and all.
    1. 2.1 Go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed.
      超越，越过；赶超
      this item has passed its sell-by date

      这一商品已经超过保质期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You shouldn't eat any food product that has passed its 'use by' date.
      • At some point the limit of acceptable risk has been passed.
      • Changes in the market started way back when the Nasdaq passed its peak last year.
      • On the plus side the group has already passed its peak capital investment on the network.
      • I hear that there is peace that passes understanding… there for the taking.
    2. 2.2Tennis Hit a winning shot past (an opponent).
      〔网球〕给（对方）超身球
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He chased down every drop shot and passed Nastase with ease.
      • He began the finals last week in his customary way of drawing Richards, the best volleyer in the world, to the net so that he could win points by passing him.
      • He saves the first with a fine backhand volley but is passed by his opponent on the next.
      • The 19-year-old Spaniard began blasting returns at her feet when she wasn't passing her altogether.

  • 3no object (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by.

    （时间，时间点）度过，消逝，流逝

    the day and night passed slowly

    时光过得很慢。

    the moment had passed

    这样的时刻已经过去了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The evening passes agonisingly slowly.
    • Maybe it is just me, but somehow when I was in school, time seemed to pass more slowly.
    • A week had passed since the ball, and already Angelie was bored.
    • The night passed peacefully without any trouble.
    • A moment of silence passed and he slowly lowered his arm, as if he had thought better of it.
    • Six months have passed, yet the public has seen little improvement in the bureaucracy.
    • Time just passes so quickly, it's unbelievable.
    • The rest of the day passed slowly and uneventfully, but later that night the weather seemed to be clearing up.
    • It appears that the group has decided to go public, now that a few weeks have passed.
    • The boat starts to feel more like a prison and time passes very slowly.
    • The next few moments passed in a blur.
    • The rest of the time passed quickly without incident.
    • I was glad that there was no clock to tell me exactly how slowly the time was passing.
    • At one restaurant we went to, more than an hour passed between ordering and receiving our main courses.
    • Minutes passed before the public address system crackled back into life again.
    • The minutes passed slowly, for some reason no one spoke, and everyone waited.
    • After the goals the game slowed to a crawl and the minutes passed agonisingly slowly for Aberdeen.
    • However, as the days passed everyone went on with their daily lives as if nothing had ever happened.
    • Time passes slowly when we are bored or in pain; time vanishes when we are having a good time.
    • The weeks passed slowly, but I never had a moments rest to think about anything.
    Synonyms
    elapse, go by, go past, proceed, progress, advance, wear on, slip by, slip away, roll by, glide by, tick by
    1. 3.1with object Spend or use up (a period of time)
      度过，用完（一段时间）
      this was how they passed the time

      这就是他们消磨时光的方式。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We'd been out sightseeing all day, and passed the evening with friends, working our way through one of those long French dinners.
      • We passed the night in a shelter that let in all the rain.
      • The villagers pass the long winter nights by listening to stories.
      • The old man had moved to Mount Akum a decade ago, keeping to himself, occasionally fishing to pass the time away.
      • When I was awake I passed the time by munching on bags of sweets.
      • The mistresses lead easy and extravagant lives by local standards, passing the time between trysts by playing mah-jong, eating out and shopping.
      • Without television, radio, or books, the bath was one way to pass the cold winter days.
      Synonyms
      occupy, spend, fill, use, use up, employ, devote, take up, while away, beguile
    2. 3.2 Come to an end.
      结束，完结，终止
      the danger had passed

      这样的时刻已经过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When all danger of frost has passed, prune down to the firm, green area of each stem or branch.
      • The plan was to run into my room and shut the door, until all the possibility of danger had passed.
      • The vibrant football that ushered in the start of the season has long since passed and is in danger of becoming a distant memory.
      • All of them were still a little panicky, but now that the danger had passed, they were settling down.
      • The issue has waited until well after electoral danger has passed before emerging.
      • Some of these conditions are mild and will pass quickly with minimum treatment, others are more serious and need specialised care.
      • He knew the greatest danger had passed.
      • They had to gather and at least confirm that the danger had passed first.
      • He announced that he believed the danger had passed.
      • Once the thrill of its discovery had passed, Peter got onto the business of exploring the place a little better.
      • When all danger of frost has passed, then they can be planted out in their final location.
      • But geologists said if a tsunami has not been sighted within three hours local authorities could assume the danger had passed.
      • Remember that half-hardy and tender plants should not be planted out until all danger of frost has passed.
      • But that sensation passes and then he realizes that his skin is his prison.
      • Alexander still held her arm cautiously, but he soon let go, sensing that the danger had passed.
      • The pain from the blow would pass but the pain from the word stayed with him forever.
      • Once the danger has passed, the emergency services would tell people to go outside into the fresh air.
      • They holed themselves up until the danger had passed.
      • After frost danger has passed, set out seedlings or plants in well-drained soil in full sun.
      • Traffic was backed up for miles until the fire died down and the danger of explosion passed.
      Synonyms
      come to an end, cease to exist, fade, fade away, melt away, blow over, run its course, ebb, die out, evaporate, vanish, peter out, draw to a close, disappear, finish, end, cease, terminate
    3. 3.3 Happen; be done or said.
      发生；做完，说过
      not another word passed between them

      他们之间再没有说过一句话。

      with complement this fact has passed almost unnoticed

      事情发生后几乎没有人注意到。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even now, after all that passed between us, I think what he told us was basically true.
      • Something had passed between him and James, though she wasn't sure as to what it was.
      • I was still aware of what had passed between us earlier even if he wasn't.
      • I had no idea what had passed between the two, but the negative vibe was stifling.
      • Anything that passed between you and them about this case is confidential.
      • Selfishly speaking, I am almost tempted to let this state of affairs pass unremarked.
      • The jury did not know anything of what had passed between them.
      • And yet, how can any writer allow this centenary to pass unremarked?
      • The protests did not pass unnoticed within the government parties.
      • It seems reasonably clear that something passed between them on the subject.
      • I wondered what had passed between them to make them so wary of one another.
      • Little conversation and less counsel passed between the two groups of soldiers.
      • The sparkle in Kit's eyes was back in full force, a reminder of all that had just passed between them.
      • He seemed to know what had passed between them, but didn't say anything further about it.
      • I was left to just look at him, not sure as to what had just passed between us.
      • Whatever had passed between them outside was private, and we didn't pry further.
      • But try as she might, Kate couldn't find out exactly what had passed between them.
      • Something else had passed between them, she felt sure of it.
      • Harriet had constantly reassured her that she was cool with whatever passed between them.
      • This weekend had been the longest the two of them had spent solely in the other's company, and barely a full conversation had passed between them.
      Synonyms
      happen, occur, take place, come about, transpire
      go unnoticed, go unheeded, stand, go, be accepted, go unremarked, go undisputed, go uncensored

  • 4with object and usually with adverbial of direction Transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.

    传递，传送；转移

    your letter has been passed to Mr. Rich for action

    你的信函已经交给里奇先生以便采取行动。

    with two objects he passed her a cup
    please pass the fish
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Will you please pass the salt, I don't think these French fries were salted.
    • A trade that has been passed down for generations came very close to extinction in the late Nineties.
    • I've learned some things about sorting out my home archives that I will pass along to students in my database course.
    • Since manic depression is hereditary, did his parents go through a phase of feeling guilty for passing along the gene?
    • The disease could not be passed between humans and was easy to cure if caught early enough.
    • The secret arts of the Egyptians were passed orally from one generation to the next.
    • We know how tempting it can be to indulge in listening to or passing along a juicy rumor.
    • If you're fed up paying too much for petrol, please pass this message on.
    • The stories are passed from generation to generation, often in the form of songs.
    • If you haven't received an invite, let me know, and I'll pass one along.
    • Tales of mermaids in these parts have been passed down over the years.
    • Please pass this information on to anyone you know who may be interested.
    • In addition, wealth is passed from one generation of the wealthy to the next.
    • Enmities between rival factions - and even families - are passed down the years, and some go back a century or more.
    • He filled three cups from a large flask, passing them round and drinking a long draught from his own, before introducing himself as Seth.
    • There is no limit on the value of business assets that may be passed to a child in this way.
    • The newspaper's findings have now been passed to the Trade and Industry Secretary.
    • He will provide a display of traditional techniques that have been passed down through the years.
    • The curd tart recipe has been passed down for many years and is a closely-guarded secret.
    • Most family businesses suffer as they are passed from generation to generation.
    Synonyms
    hand, let someone have, give, hand over, hand round, reach
    1. 4.1no object, with adverbial Be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance.
      （尤指通过继承方式）转让，转移；传递
      if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband
      infections can pass from mother to child at birth
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The French throne did not pass to his son, as he had hoped, but to Louis XVIII, the brother of Louis XVI.
      • Co-ordination of the forests will pass to the Forestry Commission after this time and the cash will help prepare for the transition.
      • All or a portion of the cash you inherited can pass to your daughters without being treated as a gift as long as you sign a disclaimer.
      • It is well known that cells from the blood of the foetus can pass to the mother during pregnancy.
      • In the second half of 2005, the EU presidency will pass to the UK.
      • He presumes that everything would pass to me and that I would have no Inheritance Tax liability.
      • Pigs carry a variety of viruses, and some viruses pass from pig to offspring.
      • My other brothers were well situated and had given their birth-rights up, so it would pass to me.
      • Infections have been known to pass to other athletes via both routes.
      • The problem is that when the second spouse dies their joint assets pass to the next generation minus just one inheritance tax allowance.
      • The family has now decided to end its 130-year link with the house, and a duty of care will pass to the next purchasers.
      • If a car is not removed when requested the cost of collection is now likely to pass to the owner/owners involved.
      • Joyce stipulated that, in the event of Nora's death, his estate was to pass to their children.
      • It was agreed in the event of either death the estate of the deceased would pass to the survivor.
      • As Mrs Bennet complained, it was cruel for the estate to pass to a Mr Collins ‘whom nobody cared about’.
      • This goes against the widely held belief that the disease could not pass to different species of animals.
      • They had no children, but it is understood that the hall will pass to another family member.
      • If he were to die as well, then the throne would have to pass to Emmalie, his horrible little sister.
      • Both landlord and tenant have legal estates which may pass to others on sale, by way of gift or under the rules of testate or intestate succession.
      • The taco shop would pass to heirs untaxed, just as the vast majority of small businesses do.
      Synonyms
      be transferred, be made over, be turned over, be signed over, go, devolve, be left, be bequeathed, be handed down, be handed on, be given, be consigned, be passed on
    2. 4.2 (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) throw, kick, or hit (the ball or puck) to another player on one's own team.
      （足球、英橄以及其他比赛中）传（球）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He can pass the ball well and scores a lot of goals for a midfielder.
      • Once a player has been tackled, they pass to a team mate.
      • The ball gets passed to a player who can't shoot and has never made a basket, even in practice.
      • If one watches Brazil play soccer, they play one-touch soccer, passing the ball around to create the openings.
      • He picked up the ball in the inside-right position and trotted forward, although seemingly looking for a teammate to pass to.
      • Both sides were passing the ball well and creating chances.
      • The jerseys were too similar in colour and this led to a number of mistakes when players passed the ball to an opponent.
      • She may opt to pass the ball out to a teammate instead of shooting it.
      • The game starts and the ball is passed from player to player.
      • I am a great believer in players improving their ability to pass the ball.
      • He might have been better off taking his score but he elected to pass to Michael Lawlor on the edge of the square.
      • The tagged player must then pass the ball to a teammate.
      • Every coach has paired off players and had them pass the ball back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
      • It was a joy to watch them play: they were smart and they passed the ball brilliantly.
      • But Todd was disappointed with only a point and felt his side should have passed the ball a lot better.
      • He drew the cover defence to pass to Johnny McGahan who ran half the pitch to score near the posts.
      • Everybody wants to dunk and showboat, but few can make free throws or pass the ball.
      • We laughed and started passing a soccer ball to one another.
      • If the back defender stays near the basket, pass the ball to one side or the other.
      • We passed the ball well and responded well to giving a goal away.
      Synonyms
      kick, hit, throw, head, lob, loft
    3. 4.3 Put (something, especially money) into circulation.
      使（货币等）流通
      persons who have passed bad checks

      使用空头支票的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A counterfeit 10-dollar bill was found in Scott's wallet leading the prosecutor to charge him with attempting to pass fake currency.
      • She was given community service after admitting passing counterfeit currency.
      • When the FBI grabs him for passing counterfeit money, he cuts a deal.
      • He received three concurrent sentences of four and a half years for passing bad checks.
      • One of my earlier cases was investigating a bad cheque that had been passed at a local merchant.
    4. 4.4no object (especially of money) circulate; be current.
      （尤指货币）流通，流传；通用
      cash was passing briskly
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whether the money passes automatically depends on the type of joint accounts you have established.
      • Does it matter that there is real money passing in some and not others?
      • The amount of money passing through international currency markets has reached $1.5 trillion a day.
      • The rent currently passing under the lease is £10, 660.00 per annum.
      • The significant difference here is that no money passed at the first meeting.

  • 5with object (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course)

    通过（考试、测验、课程）

    she passed her driving test

    她通过了驾照考试。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only a small percentage of the village pupils pass the state examination at the end of sixth grade in order to go on to high school.
    • This year again, the percentage of candidates who passed their final exams rose.
    • All 160 boys at St Paul's School in Barnes passed all subjects with grades A * to C.
    • If third-grade students did not pass the test, they would be retained in third grade.
    • Also, many states now require students to pass an achievement test in order to graduate or be promoted.
    • A final exam score of 70 percent is required to pass the lesson and move on to the next one.
    • Often, he says, a student will pass a state test in elementary school only to fail by seventh or eighth grade.
    • Every two years they have to take a refresher course and pass the test.
    • The best way I have found to pass exams is simply to turn up to as many lectures as possible.
    • Schools also have to present evidence of pupils having passed unit assessments throughout the year.
    • There is an intense pressure on them to be successful - to pass exams and tests.
    • All secondary school pupils will have to pass tests in the basics - literacy, maths and information technology.
    • During her personal development course, Jenny passed exams in food hygiene, health and safety and first aid.
    • Since pupils must pass an examination to proceed to the next standard there is a wide age range in some of the higher grades.
    • If pupils can't pass the modern exams, the whole system has failed completely.
    • The students of a good teacher pass their course, graduate and settle down with good jobs.
    • The inquest heard he had only recently passed his driving test.
    • In college, the goal is not only to pass the course but hopefully remember some of it for the rest of your life.
    • Most soldiers go beyond the bare requirements of staying in shape to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test.
    • Applicants must pass a written test.
    Synonyms
    be successful in, succeed in, gain a pass in, get through, come through, meet the requirements of, pass muster in
    1. 5.1 Judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory.
      判定（人，物）合格（或达标）
      with object and complement he was passed fit by army doctors
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had been put through a very rigorous test before he was passed fit.
      • The leg was put in plaster and Garth had to delay his flight home until doctors passed him fit to fly.
      • In fact, if he is passed fit to play following his ankle ligament injury, he will suffer from a serious lack of match fitness.
      • I have a license with the Nevada State Athletic Commission and they have passed me fit to box.
      • He could be back in the senior squad if he is passed fit.
      • A few days before the full mission simulation, the medical board had passed us fit for flight.
      • He was passed fit to ride by the doctor on Saturday morning.
    2. 5.2pass as/forno object Be accepted as or taken for.
      被认为，被当作
      he could pass for a native of Sweden

      他可能会被认为是一个土生土长的瑞典人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've picked out his gift and struggled over an appropriate note that makes a vain attempt to impart something passing for wisdom.
      • Eras of gender-distinctive clothing could help women disguise themselves, but passing as a eunuch was even easier - no need to lower your natural voice tone or even pretend to shave.
      • He wanted to know what I was doing in Atlanta while a comedy of errors was passing for local politics on the island.
      • These days it's difficult to tell the difference between the babes and pretty boys passing as presenters and the pop starlets saturating their shows.
      • Do they seriously think their nasty, sarcastic comments come close to passing as witty?
      • This is the opposite of passively watching corporate-sponsored TV programs with government press releases passing for news.
      • I was in year 9 and, despite being capable of growing a passable imitation of a beard, wasn't capable of passing for 18.
      • We have to accept that most of what passes for knowledge cannot be proved beyond all doubt.
      • They watch the corporate owned media and accept the garbage passed as news.
      • Over and over he filmed the scenario of a light-skinned women passing as white, and a dark-skinned man ignoring a women of his own shade to aspire to that wan princess.
      • On the highway, you can get quite a thrill overtaking all those puny vehicles passing for buses.
      • What we have passing for democracy, therefore, is elected dictatorship.
      • We feel obliged to come up with something that passes as native.
      • There is something seriously amiss among most people passing for politicians.
      Synonyms
      be mistaken for, be taken for, be regarded as, be accepted as
    3. 5.3no object Be accepted as adequate; go uncensured.
      she couldn't agree, but let it pass
      her rather revealing dress passed without comment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Katherine caught the expression and was growing angry herself, but she let it pass.
      • I feel that he does not believe me and although this is hard for me to accept I let it pass.
      • There was a slight tension between them but Callum tried to let it pass.
      • Harry had been ready to let it pass, to accept his confession, and he had refused that.
      • Some people are willing to let it pass and the rest of us aren't.
      • The implication that he holds ownership over me makes me seethe, but I let it pass.
      • However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
      • I could tell he was just trying to cut through the awkward silence that would have filled the air, so I let it pass.
      • Tina narrowed her blue eyes slightly, but she decided to let it pass.
      • Alex didn't even question how the DVD player worked and let it pass when I made instant popcorn.
      • We could give up in disgust, forget the whole thing and let it pass.
      • At first the firemen saw no humor in the escapade but finally let it pass without charging any one for turning in a false alarm.
      • I wasn't going to comment on it, but the media spin was just too unbelievable to let it pass.
      • Actually, it was a couple of days back, but let it pass.
      • John recognized the mocking tone in his voice and knew that he still didn't believe him, but he let it pass.
      • He should have remarked on this, but let it pass.
      • Strange thing to say, I thought, but there was something comforting about it even so, and I let it pass.
      • Of course, a lot of those mechanisms are hooked up to the Internet, but let it pass.
      • A boy was bitten by his neighbour's dog but his parents just let it pass because they thought the boy was not seriously injured.
      • We exchanged a look at this, but both decided to let it pass.

  • 6with object (of a legislative or other official body) approve or put into effect (a proposal or law) by voting on it.

    批准，通过（议案、法律等）

    the bill was passed despite fierce opposition

    尽管遭到强烈反对，这个议案还是获得通过。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If Parliament - the body that passes the laws - does not uphold the law, how can we expect the public to have faith in our courts and our lawmaking institutions?
    • The new law was passed despite opposition from the Health Ministry and medical community.
    • That has been the strongest, principled position against passing the bill at this stage.
    • It is clear that the parties are taking positions to pass this bill in its entirety.
    • In 1969 an Act was passed which lowered the age of all voters to 18.
    • However, I am disappointed that we could not unanimously pass this legislation today because of Democratic obstruction.
    • It is not a requirement of international law that we pass this legislation.
    • When the New York legislature failed to pass an emancipation law, some slaves ran away.
    • I'd like to appeal to the Florida senators to please, please pass this new bill.
    • My union branch committee has unanimously passed a resolution to back all the protests.
    • Have all administrative, legal and legislative avenues to pass a law truly been exhausted?
    • The Constitution was amended to eliminate the king's power to block bills passed by parliament.
    • Laws are passed by legislatures on the basis of necessity, rather than morality.
    • In our system of government, he said, the legislature passes laws and then the executive interprets them.
    • Laws are passed with retrospective effect, late at night with bipartisan support and virtually no debate.
    • Congress quickly passed a non-binding resolution backing him.
    • The following year he passed the Trade Disputes Act, which declared general strikes to be revolutionary and illegal.
    • Other European governments are closely watching French developments as they consider passing similar laws.
    • Parliament is expected to pass legislation approving the Prime Minister's move early this year.
    • The motion was passed by 555 votes in favour and 4 against, 48 abstained.
    1. 6.1no object (of a proposal or law) be examined and approved by (a legislative body or process)
      （议案，法律等）被…批准（或通过）
      the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107

      该提案以164票对107票获得批准。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It already has passed the Senate and the Assembly will vote on it in late-August.
      • A similar bill to address the digital divide already passed the Senate unanimously.
      • The bill still has to pass the House of Lords.
      • While the voucher scheme did not pass Congress, the testing proposals passed both the House and the Senate.
      • The bill was removed from the legislature's schedule, together with other bills that failed to pass committee review.
      • It didn't pass committee without a fight.
      • That plan passed the Senate but died in the House as lawmakers wrapped up work to adjourn for the year.
      Synonyms
      approve, vote for, accept, ratify, adopt, carry, agree to, authorize, sanction, endorse, validate, legalize, put into effect, enact

  • 7with object Pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence)

    宣布（裁定，判决）

    passing judgment on these crucial issues

    对这些至关重要的问题作出判定。

    it is now my duty to pass sentence upon you

    现在该由我来宣布对你作出的判决。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In passing sentence the judge said that the appellant had an appalling record.
    • She passed a nine years term on each of the four offences, all to run concurrently.
    • When the sentences were passed at York Crown Court in May 2001, he walked free because of the time he had spent in custody on remand.
    • Magistrates deliberated for over an hour before passing a four-month custodial sentence on the 32-year-old farmer.
    • A judge passing sentence at Preston Crown Court told her she had been convicted on overwhelming evidence.
    • A jail term had to be passed to deter others.
    • Pope Clement VIII demanded that Bruno be sentenced as a heretic and the Inquisition passed the death sentence on him.
    • Accordingly, he proceeded to pass the sentences of 8 years concurrent on each count.
    • North Yorkshire Police have said national guidelines prevent them from commenting on the case until sentence has been passed.
    • Although the verdict has been reached and sentence passed, all 13 defendants have the right of appeal.
    • The last two of the accused were found guilty today and the judge announced he will pass sentence on all the defendants tomorrow.
    • She admitted she had grave misgivings about passing such a sentence, but said she was prepared to give the defendant a chance.
    • Everything went smoothly until the judge was about to pass sentence in accordance with the plea bargain.
    • The magistrates passed sentence after reading pre-sentence reports.
    • On that day the Crown invited the court to proceed to pass sentence on both defendants, and to postpone the determination of a confiscation order.
    • Each member of this court would, it should be recorded, have passed a longer sentence for that offence.
    • They passed a two-month consecutive term for the assault, with a concurrent 14 days for criminal damage.
    • The Court also declared that only a member of the judiciary could pass a sentence and that this was out of the remit of the Home Secretary.
    • The judicial decision must be made before sentence is passed and the decision must be made obvious by the judge.
    • They applauded as the judge passed a mandatory life sentence.
    Synonyms
    declare, pronounce, utter, express, deliver, issue, set forth
    1. 7.1 Utter (something, especially criticism)
      使（货币等）流通
      she would pass remarks about the Paxtons in their own house

      她会在皮布尔斯家里对这家人评头论足。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was brought up not to pass remarks.
      • They were young guys themselves and they kept passing comments.
      • He recently passed critical comments about the attitude of cotton farmers.
      • Justine said that when in company some people had passed remarks such as: ‘Have you tried to kill yourself?’
      • Everyone thought they had the right to pass comment and judgement on her.
    2. 7.2pass on/uponarchaic no object Adjudicate or give a judgment on.
      〈古〉宣判，判决；评判
      a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endicott's good faith

      不可依赖陪审团来对恩达科特的诚意问题作评判。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Why do we not think in terms of your right, prima facie, unless it is a very clear case, to have the matter passed upon by a jury of fellow citizens?
      • If the hypothesis is that good practice suggests that the jury should pass upon the differentiation, then procedure just has to bend to the resolution of the question.
      • In the theory of our legal system that is a matter for a jury to pass upon, not for judges, though judges have to do it in the retrospective courts of criminal appeal.
      • Instead of that, you come here now, some three years and more after the decision, seeking to have this Court pass upon it.
      • This decision was passed upon by their Lordships' House.

  • 8with object Discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body.

    排泄

    frequency of passing urine

    排尿次数，排尿频度。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Any enlargement of the prostate (cancerous or benign) can cause problems with passing urine.
    • It's important not to pass urine for at least four hours - and sometimes overnight - before a urine sample is taken.
    • It affects mainly men over the age of 45 and common symptoms include a need to get up several times in the night to pass urine.
    • This is simply to help relax the muscles - no urine will actually be passed.
    • ‘He suffers from a bladder problem which means he has to pass urine frequently and urgently,’ he said.
    • Men may have a discharge, pain on passing urine or painful testicles.
    • Fifteen per cent of both men and women got up at night to pass urine.
    • Some people also complain of tension headaches, stomach cramps and of having to get up repeatedly at night to pass urine.
    • Caffeine and alcohol make you pass more urine or irritate your bladder and give you urgency.
    • When you pass urine, the muscular wall of your bladder contracts, helping to squeeze urine out through a tube from your bladder called the urethra.
    • Urinary incontinence is passing urine when you don't mean to because of partial or total loss of control of the bladder.
    • Catheters are thin flexible tubes which are inserted into the bladder to allow urine to be passed.
    • She was seen a week ago complaining of being sore ‘down below’ and pain on passing urine for one week.
    • He was released without charge after seven days but his beatings were so bad that he had passed blood in his urine and had blood in his ear canals.
    • This may lead to lower abdominal discomfort or backache, or may press on the bladder causing symptoms such as needing to pass urine more often than normal.
    • He was still able to pass urine and there was no evidence of infection.
    • Chlamydia can cause pain when passing urine, long-term pelvic pain and infertility.
    • The side-effects of radiotherapy include tiredness, a burning sensation on passing urine and early menopause.
    • This can cause pressure on the bladder, increasing the sensation of needing to pass urine.
    • The patient complained of a three year history of difficulty passing urine, being able to produce only a thin trickle of urine with straining.
    Synonyms
    discharge, excrete, eliminate, evacuate, expel, emit, void, release, let out

  • 9no object Forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity.

    放弃，弃权

    we pass on dessert and have coffee

    我们不要布丁，要咖啡。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thank you for the offer, but I think I'd better pass.
    • We passed on a sweet and ordered a second bottle of fizz instead.
    • Until some changes are made, I'm going to have to pass.
    • Company after company passed because they were unsure whether to handle it as music or a book.
    • We invited them over and they said they had to pass.
    • I had three opportunities to sell, all of which I passed on because I thought something bigger and better was coming.
    1. 9.1as exclamation Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quizzing game.
      （因回答不出问题而说）过
      to the enigmatic question we answered “Pass.”

      对于这个令人费解的问题，我们回答道：“过。”

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is easy enough to say ‘Pass’ at once when I know that I don't know and have never known the answer to a question.
      • A fellow was asked a few questions on 20th Century Irish history, and he kept saying ‘pass’, to every question.
    2. 9.2with object (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend).
      （公司）不支付（红利）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It passed its halfyear dividend and turnover fell almost 30 per cent.
      • When the Company passed its dividend in 1867, the value of its shares fell sharply.
      • They'll have to pass their dividend.
    3. 9.3Bridge Make no bid when it is one's turn during an auction.
      〔桥牌〕不叫
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some play that if the first three players pass, the dealer is not allowed to pass, but must bid.
      • If at least one bid was made, the auction ends when two players have passed.
      • Starting with the player to dealer's left, each player has just one chance to bid or pass.
      • Each bid must be higher than the previous one, and a player who does not wish to bid can pass.
      • The minimum bid is one, and each player in turn must either bid higher than the highest bid so far or pass.
nounpæspas

  • 1An act or instance of moving past or through something.

    经过，通过

    repeated passes with the swipe card

    反反复复地刷卡。

    an unmarked plane had been making passes over his house

    一架无标志的飞机在他房子上空飞来飞去。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was doing well and had even made a pass at 207.94 mph, but then I ran into a little problem.
    • The trials involve the delivery of stores and up to 90 British paratroopers from a single pass.
    • If you are going to seed the lawn, you should make six to 10 passes over the area with a machine.
    • All three pictures that follow were taken today in a single pass by the satellite.
    • Ben flew his first eight night passes, and we departed the pattern for our side-to-side crew swap.
    • One of the things that gets me is that the report so far seems to suggest that the pilot took two or three passes over the area before dropping the bomb.
    • If you have a 26-inch path and get 6 inches of snow, single passes with a snowblower will reveal the ground.
    • The tractor broom with the lowest forward gear performed best and generally removed the surface in a single pass.
    • A seaplane operated by protest groups made several passes over the area.
    • The helicopters made several low passes over the area and both drew fire, he said.
    • In one of the tests, five 5000 lb pallets were offloaded in a single pass.
    • The wide swath means fewer passes over the target area.
    • The laser is set to the appropriate settings and a single pass is made over the entire face, including the eyelids.
    • Before heading for the coast I made a pass over Mt Caburn and had a look down into the quarry at the east side of it.
    • The fresh bull is put through its paces by the banderillos and the matadors, who will make some passes to study its movement and pace.
    • After a number of passes around the Sun the comet becomes largely or completely de-iced and so resembles an asteroid.
    1. 1.1 An act of passing the hands over anything, as in conjuring or hypnotism.
      （变魔术或施催眠术时）手的动作，手法；（掠过物体的）手的移动
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Before the startled girl could move, the witch made a pass with her hands and muttered a spell and the girl was instantly transformed into a bird.
      • As he spoke, he made a magician's pass, and a microphone appeared in his hand.
      • At the end of his prayer he made a pass with his hands, and suddenly his mind was filled with the image of his master, dead in his chambers.
    2. 1.2 A thrust in fencing.
      （击剑中的）戳刺
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Agrippa taught this form of shoulder thrust along with the common use of the pass.
      • He cut off the attacker's hand with a single pass, but another blade had already found his left side exposed.
      • He fells them with one sweeping pass of his sword.
    3. 1.3 A juggling trick.
      变戏法，作手法
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this case you juggle 4 for a bit, throw a pass and then juggle 3 for a bit.
    4. 1.4Bridge An act of refraining from bidding during the auction.
      〔桥牌〕不叫
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bidding ends after two consecutive passes.
      • The player that opened with a pass may respond by doubling the bid, in which case the usual procedure is followed.
    5. 1.5Computing A single scan through a set of data or a program.
      〔计算机〕（对一组数据或一个程序的）一次浏览，一次扫描
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In all honesty, I have yet to create a regular expression in my work without a couple of passes to get it exactly right.
      • The whole thing can now be done with a single pass, using a single repository and that's a big boon.
      • You can also overwrite the disk with one or more passes of random data, though this additional step is not necessary.

  • 2A successful completion of an examination or course.

    及格，合格，及格分数

    as modifier a 100 percent pass rate

    100%的及格率。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, those figures are based on grades A to E, whereas only grades A to C count as passes in Highers.
    • Overall, the percentage of students achieving a pass has increased to 98 per cent.
    • She scored ten passes, including an A grade in art, a B for religious education and Cs for English, science and food technology.
    • Drivers are expected to fork out £53 of their own money to take the test which has a pass rate of just 35 per cent.
    • Somehow or another I managed to get the right combination of honours and passes to be accepted at college.
    • The student who relies upon lecture notes is destined to achieve, at best, a borderline pass and risks failing.
    • She was delighted with the results and the overall pass rate of 97 per cent.
    • Only two per cent of students in Wandsworth schools failed to gain a single pass.
    • He is now looking at just four GCSE passes as opposed to the eight high grade passes she believes he is capable of.
    • At 95 per cent, the overall pass rate was on a par with the national average.
    • Twelve boys achieved the incredible feat of achieving five A-grade passes each.
    • Entrants should have five GCSE passes at grades A-C.
    • Last year more than 21% of students attained A grade passes at A level.
    • She obtained a first-class pass in her final examination.
    • He held a very careful oral examination after a student had been awarded a pass in a written examination.
    • The headteacher said that 81 per cent of the passes were A and B grades.
    • Of key interest to parents is the percentage of students achieving five or more GCSE passes at grade C or above.
    • At Manchester High School for Girls the pass rate was 100 per cent.
    • Overall, 85 per cent of students walked away with five GCSE passes at grades A * to C.
    • She wants to read maths at Cambridge University, for which she requires good passes in two advanced maths Highers.
    1. 2.1US The grade indicating the successful completion of an examination or course.
      通过（考试、测验、课程）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He achieved five grade A passes at A level and a further two at AS level.
      • He saw his expected grade C pass plunge to a grade U fail.
      • He was put forward for the exam this summer after teachers spotted his unusual ability for the subject and got a grade B pass.
      • He earned seven A * and two A grade passes.
      • She got four A grade passes and plans to study psychology at Lancaster University.
      • This year 91.1% of the school's A-level entries achieved grade A or B passes.
      • Fifteen students at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School achieved three A grade passes.
      • One student got five Grade A passes.
      • Other successes included one student who got one of the top five Law passes in the country and a group of five maths students who gained four or five grade A passes each.
      • Meanwhile, Windermere St Anne's held true to the trend of escalating A grade passes.
    2. 2.2British An achievement of a university degree without honors.
      〈英〉及格证书
      as modifier a pass degree
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He went on to Christ's College, Cambridge, took a pass degree, and became a clergyman.
      • They include those who come down from University with no other qualification than a pass degree and perhaps a Blue, and no prospects whatsoever.
      • The University of London revealed she only achieved a pass in her degree.
      • It will also focus attention on why so many more men get a pass degree, almost right across the board.
      • He did very poorly in his degree and had to settle for only a pass degree.

  • 3A card, ticket, or permit giving authorization for the holder to enter or have access to a place, form of transportation, or event.

    通行证，出入证；入场券；乘车券

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seating is limited so make sure you get your passes in advance.
    • Upon starting the tour, you receive a boarding pass with a name of a passenger.
    • Entry to the event is free, but strictly through student ID cards or passes.
    • Individual shows are $9, but weekend and festival passes are available.
    • My wife and I would suffer a great loss if our bus passes were withdrawn.
    • For a fraction of the costs of a bus pass, students will get unlimited access to transit.
    • Half of them will soon qualify for their free bus pass.
    • A very distinct advantage to having a press pass is getting in before the general public.
    • All personnel on duty in Portsmouth for the duration of the festival will get special passes giving free access.
    • A half fare bus pass is available allowing travel throughout Wiltshire and Swindon.
    • My media pass only permitted access to the Grandstand, where the dress rules were more relaxed.
    • Just this week, the first journalist blogger was granted a daily pass to White House press briefings.
    • A six-day adult lift pass costs £85.
    • The sentries at the main gate refused to let him enter because his pass had expired.
    • I take out my wallet and rifle through my collection of passes and membership cards.
    • VIP passes were widely counterfeited, and double the expected number of people showed up.
    • Those with travel passes can now travel free on the bus.
    • Domestic passengers can use the touch-screen kiosks to receive a boarding pass if they have an electronic ticket.
    • Transit passes are available to visitors attending meetings, conferences, and conventions.
    • Staff directly employed by Transport for London receive a free travel pass.
    Synonyms
    permit, warrant, authorization, licence

  • 4(in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) an act of throwing, kicking, or hitting the ball or puck to another player on the same team.

    （足球、英橄以及其他运动中给己方球员的）传球

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among his accomplishments was a 19-yard touchdown pass on his first play of the season.
    • He seemed to touch down in the corner only for the referee to rule it out, appearing to indicate that the final pass had been forward.
    • The defense has been prone to giving up long passes late in games.
    • Players make mistakes all the way through the game and give the ball away with bad passes.
    • He became reluctant to run the ball when pressured and sometimes threw ill-timed passes.
    • The passing was dreadful, even short passes under no pressure went astray, while the lack of real shape to the team was quite evident.
    • The players were subdued, passes went astray, and the game lost any intensity.
    • Even if a player under pressure makes a good pass, the ball might end up with the offense's fourth or fifth option.
    • He caught five passes in that game, which turned out to be his last with the Giants.
    • On at least two occasions, he threw passes to receivers who weren't looking for the ball.
    • The game was littered with mistakes, as both sides tried to force the pass, and the ball went to ground.
    • The Briton clinches the set at his first opportunity with a backhand pass down the line.
    • He marshalled the attack, creating numerous openings with his astute forward passes.
    • He's throwing short and intermediate passes with laserlike accuracy but must improve on the deep ball.
    • Returning from injury, the loose head set the move in motion then reappeared on the wing to take a scoring pass and dive over for a fine score.
    • The 50 passes he made indicate how heavily he was involved in the game.
    • He returned kicks and caught passes and ran the ball - he did everything in that game.
    • He's more flexible and more capable of moving and stretching for passes.
    • Scouts watch each prospect throw hundreds of passes.
    • The home side began to launch long diagonal passes from the full backs looking to reach wide players.
    Synonyms
    kick, hit, throw, shot, header

  • 5informal An amorous or sexual advance made to someone.

    〈非正式〉调情，勾引

    she made a pass at Stephen

    她向斯蒂芬搔首弄姿。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She confronts the man in the gang who had made a pass at her earlier.
    • I was sitting in the living room and whilst my friend was in the kitchen her husband made a pass at me.
    • Rick had made a pass at her little sister.
    • His gay feelings were aroused by a man who made a pass at him in the cinema.
    • On a recent visit to my friend's house, I was shocked and upset when her new husband made a pass at me.
    • I sometimes wonder what I'd have done if he'd made a pass at me.
    • He never, in any way, made a pass at me, although he took an enormous interest in me as a person.
    • He and the woman were having a drink together when she made a pass at him.
    • When she put him to bed, he made a pass at her.
    Synonyms
    make sexual advances to, make advances to, make sexual overtures to, proposition, make a sexual approach to

  • 6A state or situation of a specified, usually bad or difficult, nature.

    （一般指不利的）情况，状况，境遇

    this is a sad pass for a fixture that used to crackle with excitement

    以往总是让人充满激情的定期演出，现在情况不太妙。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a pity though that things have come to a pass where you and others feel this way.
    • This marks a sad pass for a brand name that, while dreaded by many parents, spelled excitement to a generation of kids.
    • It is unlikely that the situation will ever come to such a pass because good sense is ultimately bound to prevail.
    • The record industry has reached a strange pass when it makes more economic sense to give away an entire album than to spend the money needed to persuade people to buy it.
    • But don't you see, my poor darling, that loyalty is a silly virtue in the pass we are in?
    Synonyms
    reach a bad state, reach a regrettable state, reach a bad state of affairs, reach a regrettable state of affairs, be in a worrying state, be in a sad plight, be in troubled circumstances, be in dire straits

  • 7Bridge
    An act of refraining from bidding during the auction.

    〔桥牌〕不叫

Phrases

  • pass one's eye over

    • Read (a document) cursorily.

      草草地看，马虎地读（文件）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You can't merely pass your eyes over a page, underline a few things, and consider the job done.
      • She has agreed to pass her eye over my personal journal and point out the typos.
      • He passed his eye over the report.
      • I have passed my eye over as many passages of the 'Southern Farmer and Market Gardener,' as time and circumstances permitted me to do.
      • My best friend is a libel lawyer, so I would get him to pass his eye over it as well.

  • come to a pretty pass

    • Reach a bad or regrettable state of affairs.

      陷入困境，变得很尴尬

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Things have come to a pretty pass when ever a Bishop and his wife cannot drive along the Queen's highway in broad daylight without being battered with stones by loitering navvies.
      • The GM crops débâcle is a typical such issue; we have come to a pretty pass when even Monsanto recognises it is time to uproot itself and move to another flowerpot, but the Great Charlatan still clings to his delusions.
      • According to the Good Doctor, things have come to a pretty pass.
      • We have come to a pretty pass when Scotland's chief quango is pilloried, just because it has forgotten to apply for £32m due to it (or, rather, to the Scottish public) from the European Union.
      • If we can't settle our economic differences by truly free economic bargaining without damaging seriously the United States, then we have come to a pretty pass.
      • Things have come to a pretty pass when the Left starts to sing the praises of nuclear deterrence.
      • Pity about the Lions as well, as I have said before, this time last year perhaps, it comes to a pretty pass when I have to rely on the England cricket team for some sporting success…
      • Or to put it another way, things have come to a pretty pass in England when we have to rely on the Tory Party to stand up for freedom of speech.
      • We have come to a pretty pass when territorial customary rights are referred to as ‘TCRs’.
      • If people didn't know a perfectly ordinary bath-sponge when they saw it, things were coming to a pretty pass.
      • Things have come to a pretty pass when you can't even rely on our capitalists for a robust defence of black humour.
      • Things have come to a pretty pass indeed when the UK's ‘human rights envoy’ disgraces herself and her party by exhibiting such naked racism toward the subjects of colonial rule.
      • Things have come to a pretty pass when a Guardian columnist has to advise the Tory party not to panic.
      • IT has come to a pretty pass when a leading business psychologist claims Scots are so lacking in confidence that they only make the grade when they are exiled from the land that bore them.
      • While any theatre festival should resist parochialism and embrace the international, the paucity of domestic productions, much less any new Irish writing, suggests things have come to a pretty pass for Irish theatre.
      • ‘If a 79-year-old married couple cannot feel safe in their home then this country is coming to a pretty pass,’ he said.
      • It came to a pretty pass when pensioners had to preface their comments with ‘please do not shout me down’, especially when they were agreeing with the majority of those who were there.
      • Things have come to a pretty pass when, under a Labour government, the fight against a new attack on trade union rights is left to a small old Labour band in the House of Lords.
      • It is coming to a pretty pass when a woman cannot walk the street without being arrested as disorderly
      • It comes to a pretty pass when we're relying on a 17-year-old lad who's barely out of his school shorts to win games for us.

Phrasal Verbs

  • pass away

    • Die.

      she passed away in her sleep

      她是在睡眠中安详逝世的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The book is dedicated to the memory of Maura Burns of Ferrybank who recently passed away.
      • He was the first member of my family to pass away quite young.
      • The best guy out there to ever come into wrestling has passed away.
      • My mum was poorly, then she passed away.
      • Sadly, despite putting up a tough fight to beat the cancer, Daniel passed away two weeks ago.
      • Born into a family of twelve, Malachy was the last member of his family to pass away.
      • Please say prayers for the soul of Hungarian amateur great Lazlo Papp, who passed away earlier this month.
      • Additionally, Gerry Thomas, the inventor of the TV dinner, has also passed away at the age of 83.
      • The match was preceded by a minutes silence, in memory of former Boleskine player Johnny Kennedy, who passed away this week.
      • The company is expected to name a chairman at the end of the month to replace Anthony Jacelon who passed away earlier this year.

  • pass someone by

    • Happen without being noticed or fully experienced by someone.

      不注意，忽视

      sometimes I feel that life is passing me by

      有时我感到生活对我从不眷顾。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We were blissfully unaware of the days passing us by.
      • For the first time I felt like life was passing me by.
      • On the other hand, there was a nagging feeling that chances were passing us by - chances that were almost within our reach, but not quite.
      • In a fret about how life is passing us by, we feel compelled to draw up a list of all our faults and failures.
      • I can remember being 22 and feeling that the world was passing me by and that I was never going to make it.
      • As ‘progress’ happens, year by year, it passes us by.
      • It feels like we are kind of standing still while the world is passing us by.
      • If you are not accustomed to being up at this hour, it's one of those pleasures in life that is passing you by.
      • I realised that life had been passing me by, and felt I should be enjoying it a bit more by giving myself some free time.
      • How horrible it must be to be forced to live in such a place while life is passing them by.

  • pass off

    • (of proceedings) happen or be carried through in a specified, usually satisfactory, way.

      发生，（顺利）完成

      the weekend had passed off entirely without incident

      这个周末算是顺顺利利地过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She said the event had passed off peacefully with no arrests.
      • An event on this scale takes a lot of preparation we're working hard to ensure it all passes off smoothly.
      • ‘The night passed off without any major incident, indeed it was very quiet,’ he said.
      • It's up to me to make sure everything passes off without a hitch.
      • Buskers and street artists performed at every corner and the entire proceedings passed off without a hitch.
      • We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident.
      • Despite a huge police presence following months of warnings about the potential for trouble, the event passed off peacefully.
      • Police have advised many pubs to provide plastic glasses and extra doormen to ensure the big day passes off safely.
      • Earlier, a march by around 250,000 demonstrators had passed off peacefully but one large group set fire to government buildings.
      • Around 20 000 people turned up to this year's festivities and it passed off without any trouble.
      Synonyms
      take place, go off, happen, occur, be carried though, be completed, be brought to a conclusion, be accomplished

  • pass something off

    • 1Evade or lightly dismiss an awkward remark.

      回避；把注意力从…移开

      he made a light joke and passed it off

      他开了一个小玩笑就把这件事给支吾过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He might have passed her words off as the whims of childishness but she was not alone in her condemnations.
      • When I meet him, he tries to pass it off with a joke.
      • Simpson now passes the comment off as ‘a joke’.
      • It seemed as if he meant to pass it off as a casual observation.
      • He forced a smile, hoping to pass the remark off as a mild joke.

    • 2Basketball
      Throw the ball to a teammate who is unguarded.

      〔篮球〕传球（给未被对方盯住的队友）

      he scored eight times and passed off six assists

      他8次得分并且41次传球助攻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He raised his hand in the air, signaling the offensive play, and passed it off to Rob, who had run up to the free-throw line.
      • Instead of taking the ball to the hoop, for a lay-up, the guy passes the ball off and continues the offense.
      • He did a nice fake then passed the ball off to our power forward under the basket.
      • Paul quickly picked up on Will's style and was able to quickly pass the ball off to his other teammates before Will could steal it.
      • That meant he would have to shoot from long range or try to drive and pass the ball off.

  • pass someone/something off as

    • Falsely represent a person or thing as (something else)

      假冒，冒充

      the drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being passed off as the real stuff

      这酒被装进香槟酒瓶，冒充真品。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The disturbing issue is that this advertisement was passed off as a legitimate newsworthy article in the sports section.
      • She took a great delight in telling everybody she spoke to that it was my birthday and even tried to pass me off as five years younger than I actually was.
      • Trading standards officers will be carrying out checks on licensed premises to make sure they are not cheating customers by passing off cheap cash-and-carry drinks as leading brands.
      • It says that staff in some poultry slaughterhouses commonly repackage and re-date raw chicken several times, passing it off as fresh meat.
      • Making assumptions and passing them off as truth is a poor reflection on someone's character.
      • More than a third of women admit to heating up supermarket products and passing them off as their own creations.
      • A trader has been fined £400 after passing off an ‘inferior’ car alarm as an independently approved model.
      • She passes off her mood swings as tiredness and shock due to the plane crash, but the truth is that Marc is occupying her every waking thought.
      • They are deliberately stealing someone else's words and passing them off as their own.
      • Each year thousands of shoppers are being conned into buying fake Aberdeen Angus beef passed off as the genuine article by unscrupulous retailers.
      Synonyms
      misrepresent, falsely represent, give a false identity to

  • pass on

    • Die.

      his wife passed on twelve years ago
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Last week there were hopes that Pake would recover from his illness, but since then he has passed on to his eternal reward.
      • The loan plus the interest is then repaid when you move house or pass on.
      • Mr. George Wickham passed on at seven-thirty this evening.
      • However, often we don't realise just how much a part these great voices are of our chosen sport until they have passed on.
      • Not just because the man passed on a long time ago, but because Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT) has actually been proved.
      • Most do not until they pass on to the next realm, and in the moment o ' death they be more powerful than ever before.
      • Colin took it way too personally and basically found it a way to make my life miserable once my dad passed on.
      • To be buried in the back garden alongside the numerous family pets who had passed on to a better place, leaving their mortal remains to push up the pelargoniums.
      • Or maybe from a family member that has ' passed on '?
      • It means that she has not passed on this earth thinking only of herself.

  • pass out

    • 1Become unconscious.

      失去知觉，晕倒

      he consumed enough alcohol to make him pass out

      他喝了过多酒竟至昏迷不醒。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He passed out and woke up later in the recovery room, his wrists tied with gauze to the bed and gagging from the tube in his throat.
      • He had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003 after passing out at the wheel of his car.
      • She doesn't help matters by getting totally drunk every night and passing out, only to wake in the morning with no memory of what she's done.
      • Fortunately, my nephew has made a complete recovery and remembers everything that happened before he passed out.
      • The court heard the woman passed out and was dragged unconscious from the creek.
      • At this point, sheer panic set in, as I was about 30 seconds from passing out.
      • At the Convention Centre, people stumbled toward the helicopters, dehydrated and nearly passing out from exhaustion.
      • It is rare that anyone can last more than 5 minutes before passing out.
      • You're going to pass out unless you can get your breathing under control.
      • After being released on probation, he ended up passing out drunk and was picked up by police.
      Synonyms
      faint, collapse, lose consciousness, black out, keel over

    • 2Complete one's initial training in the armed forces.

      〈英〉结束新兵训练

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was the fittest recruit to pass out of training for the Royal Marines.
      • Martin successfully passed out at the Royal Marines training centre in Devon.
      • He was a member of the sea cadets in Trowbridge and passed out from an officers' course before sailing out to Singapore on the aircraft carrier, Illustrious.
      • Jonathon passed out of basic training last month and is now looking forward to a full army career.
      • After passing out recently, he joined 42 Commando.
      • He passed out of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst last year.
      • He passed out in June 2001 following a 40-week intensive training course.
      • He ended up in the Territorial Army, joined the Commandos and passed out at Sandhurst as an officer in the Welsh Regiment.
      • After graduating with a BA in geography from Salford University, he joined the Royal Marines and passed out in 1996.
      • He joined the Royal Signals in 1999 after passing out from Sandhurst as the year's top academic graduate, winning him the Queen's Medal.

    • 3(of bridge players) not play a hand because all players have passed.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • If all four players pass on their first turn to speak the hand is said to be passed out.
      • This is passed out and Laura comes down with a 10-count including 3 hearts.
      • In second seat my hand looked awful to me, so I passed, and it was passed out.

  • pass someone over

    • Ignore the claims of someone to promotion or advancement.

      （对某人要求提升、晋级的请求）不作考虑

      he was passed over for a cabinet job

      他没有被任命为内阁成员。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was passed over for the job of Director of the State Medical Services.
      • But his severity made him unpopular with the boys and he was passed over for promotion.
      • She was passed over time and again for pay raises and promotions.
      • When Bruce is passed over for the news anchorman job he covets, he turns his gaze heavenward and curses God for his ill fortune.
      • How many times has she passed you over for a promotion?
      • In 1947, he was passed over for the post of professor of English literature at Merton College.
      • Talk to the decision makers and ask why you were passed over and what improvements are necessary for you to be considered for future promotions.
      • You passed me over for promotion.
      • The technician, who claimed she had been passed over for promotion and was being paid 30% less than her male colleagues, was awarded $37,000.
      • You want me to pass you over for promotions and pay you less for doing the same job?

  • pass something over

    • Avoid mentioning or considering something.

      忽略，忽视

      I shall pass over the matter of the transitional period

      对过渡期的事，我不会放在心上的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Too often the truth is passed over in favour of pleasing advertisers and third parties.
      • We were good at passing it over because your instinct is to protect an alcoholic, so you let them get away with behaviour that would be unacceptable in anyone else.
      • Indeed, in Yorkshire records at the time and subsequently, the event is passed over with scant mention.
      • These omissions of authors and the selectivity silently practised with included authors is to be expected, though its ramifications are passed over.
      • Certain highly sensitive subjects might be passed over for legitimate national security reasons.
      • More important, the teacher passes over an opportunity for expanding learning when she does not respond to Emily's question about the pumpkin.
      • One is reminded of Francis Bacon's celebrated phrase: ‘In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior’.
      Synonyms
      disregard, overlook, ignore, avoid considering, not take into consideration, forget, pay no attention to, let pass, let go, gloss over, take no notice of, pay no heed to, take no account of, close one's eyes to, turn a deaf ear to, turn a blind eye to, omit, skip

  • pass something up

    • Refrain from taking up an opportunity.

      放过，拒绝

      he passed up a career in pro baseball

      他放弃了职业棒球生涯。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • My grandfather has been going to the races for years, and when he got the opportunity to buy this car, he didn't pass it up.
      • Two scoring chances had been passed up before Clarke put his side four up again with yet another remarkable point.
      • She would hit upon things that were such a good deal she felt she couldn't justify passing them up.
      • She would never be able to forgive herself if she passed up an opportunity like this.
      • Well, sir, I don't know too many men who, given the opportunity to serve on a boat like the Seaview would pass it up!
      • Having waited so long for the chance he can't envisage passing it up.
      • It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I could not pass it up.
      • If you get the chance to see this band live, do not even consider passing it up.
      • As their campus minister, I had urged them not to pass up an opportunity to reach out to the poor and oppressed.
      • Surely his superiors would not want him to pass up such an opportunity.
      Synonyms
      fail to take advantage of, turn down, reject, refuse, decline, deny oneself, give up, forgo, let go by, let pass, miss, miss out on, ignore, brush aside, dismiss, waive, spurn, neglect, abandon

Origin

Middle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.

pass2

nounpæspas

  • 1A route over or through mountains.

    （山坳）通道，山口

    the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows

    过山的通道在下雪后又重新开放了。

    in place names the Khyber Pass
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he goes out and zooms around the mountain passes of California for a week, and I wish him a fond farewell, but I don't go on these trips with him.
    • The brothers travelled clandestinely through Iran, and crossed illegally into Turkey over a mountain pass.
    • There were more twists and turns in the BMW International Open over the flatlands of Nord-Eichenried than on the most serpentine of mountain passes.
    • The best hope of that will be in July and August, when the snow will melt, as much as it ever does, and the mountain passes are at their most accessible.
    • Rather than retrace our steps, we continued southwards, traversing the mountain down to a pass called Bwlch Tryfan.
    • Snow levels will be dropping throughout the daytime tomorrow from above the mountain passes down to below the mountain passes.
    • The mountain pass is a difficult road to travel and it appears as though you are not apothecaries or wandering salesmen.
    • We drove north, broken-down trucks littering the road as we travelled up to the summit of the pass through the mountain.
    • Police believe that Mr Johnson was trying to avoid the high mountain Alpine passes in the park, but may have been forced to attempt the route by the prevailing conditions.
    • She has breathtaking pictures of a mountain pass so high, that the clouds may be seen way down below.
    • What it is Off-road running on dirt tracks and mountain passes.
    • Beware of what appear to be shortcuts on maps - these often turn out to be unpaved roads or mountain passes.
    • The government's weakness and Washington's fear that terrorists might set up camp in the country's mountain passes have kept it there.
    • During December and January the ground was frozen hard, and even travelling to the site over mountain roads and passes proved hazardous.
    • The road twisted and hairpinned and climbed, but as scary mountain passes go, it was pretty tame.
    • Thus, there are prayer flags, wheels, mani stones and mantras everywhere - on the terraces of housing blocks and at the most desolate of mountain passes.
    • By late afternoon they had reached the valley of the mountain pass and the south road.
    • Militants' camps have never been completely wound up and infiltration takes place after the melting of snow at the passes straddling over the mountains.
    • Soon the winter weather will close in and, in the high reaches of the Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges, the mountain passes will be closed when the temperature drops below freezing for months on end.
    • The mountain passes are high and demanding, the climate gives extremes of weather conditions, the infrastructure is primitive and the hidden wastelands are boundless.
    Synonyms
    route, way, road, narrow road, passage, cut, gap, gorge, canyon, ravine, gully, defile, col, couloir
    1. 1.1 A passage for fish over or past a weir or dam.
      鱼道，洄游通道
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are making alterations to the concrete wall beside the fish pass, and installing a wooden baffle to push more water towards the fish pass entrance.
      • An existing fish pass has fallen into disrepair and is not maintained, resulting in fish finding it hard to get upriver to spawn.
      • Fish were currently unable to bypass the weir because the fish pass was not operating, he said.
      • Fish struggling to find their way through a fish pass have been given a helping hand by the Environment Agency.
      • The group received funding for repairs to the stonework and other remedial repairs to the fish passes of the Cooper Salmon Fishery at Ballisodere.
      • The agency will also create a new fish pass at Callis Bridge.
      • The agency is also looking at installing a fish pass at Farington Weir to help the fish reach spawning ground upstream.
      • A fish pass was incorporated into the new culvert constructed over the Corroy River to allow passage for fish when river flows are low.
      • Some passes produced more fish than others, but none left us empty-handed.
      • The company was now being asked to spend £20,000 on a fish pass based largely on anecdote.
      • Coffey argues that this was always possible when the existing fish pass at the Weir was properly maintained.
      • They died because a fish pass was built using incorrect water levels.
      • To add to this assurance of quality, Graham fillets each fish by hand, which allows him to monitor every single fish that passes through the Smokehouse.
      • It said two persons were apprehended while attempting to take fish illegally at the fish pass in November.
      • The Environment Agency stressed it was a long-term strategy and it was reviewing all the weirs in the river system to see if fish passes could be put in place.
    2. 1.2US A navigable channel, especially at the mouth of a river.
      Sabine Pass
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The floods at one stage forced the famous scenic city of Guilin to close its river pass.
      • There are two passes where the storm surges come from the Gulf to Lake Pontchartrain.
      • By the time they reached the mouth of the pass, there was a faint dusting of snow on the ground around them.
      • Other areas, we found on a coral reef we have a current coming through a passage or a pass, quite often on the edges of those passes or channels, there's less bleaching occurring.
      • About a dozen Iraqi trucks had emerged from the mouth of the pass.
      • There are eight passes and many fine anchorages, which make up for the shortage of beaches.
      • The regiment stood there howling victory as the other armies ran toward the mouth of the pass.
      • It gets in and out of the lagoon through any channels or passes there may be in the reef.
      • They would damn the river and create a water by pass.
      • One is called the Shark-hole, and the other is the channel or pass itself.
      • Competitors face a technical track never previously used in the Dakar that requires careful navigation through breathtaking passes and over unavoidable ergs.
      • Looking down from the mouth of the pass, I could see now that a lot of our members wouldn't make it before the storm broke.
      • When the mouth of the pass opened itself at last, a wide, craggy mouth of trees and stone, the eagle rock came into full view.
      • The rank of men at the mouth of the pass trying to hold back the bulk of Kasra's army forcing its way through the valley began to crumble.

Phrases

  • head (or cut) someone/something off at the pass

    • Forestall someone or something.

      预防，预先阻止（或妨碍）

      the doctor's aim to head the infection off at the pass
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If we get to grips with them early enough, if we could identify them and head them off at the pass, then I think the problem would be largely resolved.
      • When he commanded a majority of 167, university tuition fees scraped through by only five votes: in his current situation, 30 or so rebel backbenchers can head him off at the pass whenever principle or prejudice moves them.
      • I see where some of the pubs are looking forward to the day when smoking will be banned in their premises by trying to cut the move off at the pass.
      • ‘Structures’ were what Williams referred to endlessly when the talk was moving towards results and the Australian was always keen to head any conversation off at the pass before it arrived at that thorny subject.
      • By the time I made my own diagnosis, it was too late to cut the symptoms off at the pass, but I'm on a course of antibiotic therapy anyway just to prevent myself infecting everyone else in the entire hospital.
      • If the French are concerned now about their town centres, then we should just look a little bit down the road and cut the future off at the pass.
      • I tried to beat her to Safehaven, but a stop light kept me from heading her off at the pass.
      • So she clenched her teeth and took her chance - headed the bucket holder off at the pass.
      • Pulling some political strings, he brings Section 9 in to act as security guards to protect his fortune, who set up operations around the compound, planning on heading the thief off at the pass.
      • We've got to know what's going to happen before it happens so we can cut them off at the pass.
      • I imagine such frivolous technological pursuits will be headed off at the pass, since the vet has staked a prior claim on my wallet.
      • This morning I could feel it coming on again, and took some aspirin to head it off at the pass, as it were.
      • It's part of their job to extrapolate from current trends, anticipate future problems, and head them off at the pass.
      • You've got to see what happens, but if there are going to be problems, we better head them off at the pass.
      • Then I agree that if you head them off at the pass, and they persist and are violent, then you fight fire with fire.
      • ‘The idea is to deal with emerging issues and cut things off at the pass before they become politicized and polarizing,’ Collord explains.
      • Movie producers decided to head that threat off at the pass by agreeing to rules of self-censorship which Hays helped form.
      • This has evolved into a more dynamic, systematic approach of seeking out potential risk, heading it off at the pass and putting the systems in place for mitigating that risk.
      • If you haven't headed it off at the pass with some chemicals, you lie there shaking and shivering like a Maltese poodle in the mouth of a bull terrier.
      • It could turn out to be his final contribution, but it would be a lasting one and surely enough to cut any boos off at the pass.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘division of a text, passage through’): variant of pace, influenced by pass and French pas.

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