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past BEYONDHpB:st, $pAstprep, adv [not gradable]in or to a position that is beyond a particular point(指时间、地点、数量、程度等)过I live on Station Road, just past the post office.我住在车站路,就在邮局过去一点。Jane finds it impossible to walk past cake shops without stopping.简觉得不可能走过西饼店不停步。Three boys went past us on mountain bikes.三个男孩子骑着山地车经过我们。Excuse me, has the number 37 bus gone past yet?劳驾,37路车开走了吗?Was that Peter who just jogged past in those bright pink shorts?是不是彼德穿着那条亮粉色的短裤慢跑过去啊?You use past to say what the time is when it is a particular number of minutes after an hour.几小时几分钟It's 5/10/a quarter/20/25/half past three.现在是3 点过5分/10分/1刻/20分/25分/30分。I've got to leave at twenty past or I'll miss that train.我非得在20 分钟时走不然就赶不上火车了。She's past the age where she needs a babysitter.她已过了需要找人照看的年龄。Do what you want, I'm past caring (= I don't care any longer).想干啥就干啥吧,我不再在乎了。(infml) Describing someone as being past it is a slightly rude or humorous way of saying that they are no longer able to do esp. physical activity because they are too old.不行了If you say you wouldn't put it past someone to do esp. something bad, it means that you would not be surprised if they did it.相信某人可能会(做某事)I wouldn't put it past Helena to pass secrets to our competitors.要是海伦娜把秘密传给我们的竞争对手,那我不以为怪。
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