pass
verb/pɑːs/
/pæs/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pass | /pɑːs/ /pæs/ |
| he / she / it passes | /ˈpɑːsɪz/ /ˈpæsɪz/ |
| past simple passed | /pɑːst/ /pæst/ |
| past participle passed | /pɑːst/ /pæst/ |
| -ing form passing | /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ /ˈpæsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to achieve the required standard in an exam, a test, etc.
及格；合格 - I'm not really expecting to pass first time.
我真不指望第一次就能合格。 - She passed with flying colours (= very easily).
她以高分通过。 - pass something She hasn't passed her driving test yet.
她还没有通过驾驶执照考试。 - pass an exam/examination
通过考试/考试
Homophones passed | pastpassed past/pɑːst//pæst/- passed verb (past tense, past participle of pass)
- You've passed all your exams—well done!
您已经通过了所有考试——干得好！
- You've passed all your exams—well done!
- past adjective
- It's arguably the best novel of the past 20 years.
这可以说是过去20年来最好的小说。
- It's arguably the best novel of the past 20 years.
- past noun
- Let's put the past behind us and move on.
让我们把过去抛在脑后，继续前进。
- Let's put the past behind us and move on.
- past preposition
- You shouldn't be up, it's past your bedtime!
你不该起床，已经过了睡觉时间了！
- You shouldn't be up, it's past your bedtime!
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2- Three students in the class passed with distinction.
班里有三名学生以优异的成绩通过了考试。 - Students are required to pass a weekly multiple-choice test.
学生必须通过每周多项选择题测试。 - He passed his medical exams and began to practise as a doctor.
他通过了体检并开始行医。 - We require all employees to pass a written exam.
我们要求所有员工通过笔试。 - She was the first woman to pass the entrance examination at the famous Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
她是第一位通过巴黎著名美术学院入学考试的女性。 - You need 90 per cent attendance in order to pass the course.
您需要 90% 的出勤率才能通过课程。 - Candidates must have passed at least five subjects, including English language.
候选人必须通过至少五门科目，包括英语。 - Chinese students had to pass papers in Chinese, English and maths.
中国学生必须通过语文、英语和数学试卷。 - Your grades in the first year don't count towards your final grade; you just have to pass.
您第一年的成绩不计入期末成绩；你只需要通过。 - I had no idea whether I'd passed or failed.
我不知道自己是通过了还是失败了。 - She passed in the following subjects: Advanced Irish, English, arithmetic, history, geography, music.
她通过了以下科目：高级爱尔兰语、英语、算术、历史、地理、音乐。
- I'm not really expecting to pass first time.
- [transitive] pass somebody to test somebody and decide that they are good enough, according to an agreed standard
准予通过；承认合格 - The examiners passed all the candidates.
主考人评定考生全部及格。
- The examiners passed all the candidates.
- [intransitive, transitive] to move past or to the other side of somebody/something
通过；走过 - Several people were passing but nobody offered to help.
有几个人路过，却没有人主动伸出援手。 - I hailed a passing taxi.
我招手叫了一辆路过的出租车。 - The security guard refused to let us pass.
保安不让我们通过。 - pass somebody/something to pass a barrier/sentry/checkpoint
通过障碍／岗哨／检查站 - You'll pass a bank on the way to the train station.
你在去火车站的路上会经过一家银行。 - She passed me in the street without even saying hello.
她在街上与我擦肩而过，却连一声招呼也没打。 - Nobody has passed this way for hours.
几个小时以来都没有人经过这条路。 - (especially North American English) There was a truck behind that was trying to pass me.
后面有一辆卡车想要超过我。
Extra Examples- The road was so narrow that cars were unable to pass.
道路很窄，汽车无法通过。 - Several buses passed, but did not stop.
几辆公交车经过，但没有停下来。 - He pulled out to pass a truck.
他驶出车流以超过一辆卡车。 - She passed him with a fractional quickening of her pace.
她稍微加快了脚步，从他身边走过。 - On my way to the cinema, I passed a flower shop.
去电影院的路上，我经过一家花店。 - Will you be passing a post box on your way home?
你回家的路上会经过邮政信箱吗？ - I just happened to pass a bookshop and saw it in the window.
我刚好路过一家书店，在橱窗里看到了它。 - Police stopped the car after it passed a red light without stopping.
该车闯红灯后未停车，民警将其拦下。 - We somehow passed the hotel without noticing it.
我们不知何故经过了这家酒店，却没有注意到它。 - You'll pass a supermarket on your right.
您将经过右侧的一家超市。 - The train passes picturesque lakes and villages.
火车经过风景如画的湖泊和村庄。 - I heard someone passing my bedroom door.
我听到有人经过我的卧室门。 - We passed several people going up the mountain as we were coming down.
下山的时候我们遇到了几个上山的人。 - I was just passing your house, so I thought I'd call.
我刚刚路过你家，所以我想给你打个电话。 - I was just passing, so I thought I'd call.
我只是路过，所以我想我应该打电话。 - We tried to take note of landmarks we passed along the way.
我们试图记下沿途经过的地标。 - Not many strangers pass this way.
这条路经过的陌生人并不多。 - He passed a 30 miles per hour sign doing 120.
他以 120 英里的速度通过了时速 30 英里的标志。 - We passed the border about half an hour ago.
大约半小时前我们通过了边境。 - A passing freight train shook the walls.
一列驶过的货运列车震动了墙壁。 - A man threw something from the window of a passing car.
一名男子从一辆路过的汽车的车窗扔出一些东西。 - I saw no-one except a passing jogger.
除了一位路过的慢跑者之外，我没有看到任何人。
- Several people were passing but nobody offered to help.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go or move in the direction mentioned
沿某方向前进；向某方向移动 - The procession passed slowly along the street.
队伍沿街缓缓行进。 - We passed through a security checkpoint.
我们通过了一个安全检查站。 - A plane passed low overhead.
一架飞机从头上低空飞过。 - The air cools as it passes along the pipe.
空气通过管道时会冷却。
- After passing through tall gates, you follow a long curving drive.
穿过高高的大门后，您将沿着一条长长的弯曲车道行驶。 - We passed through the Spanish Quarter on our way here.
我们来这里的路上经过了西班牙区。 - Almost 7 million people pass through the museum's doors each year.
每年有近 700 万人走进博物馆的大门。 - The number of people passing through British airports rose 3%.
通过英国机场的人数增加了3%。 - The train passes through a desolate industrial landscape.
火车穿过一片荒凉的工业区。 - As the water passes through, the membrane filters out most of the impurities.
当水通过时，膜会过滤掉大部分杂质。 - As they passed under the bridge they heard a noise above them.
当他们经过桥下时，他们听到上面有声音。 - As water passes over rocks, it dissolves many minerals.
当水流过岩石时，它会溶解许多矿物质。 - They passed down winding streets.
他们穿过蜿蜒的街道。 - A train was passing noisily over the bridge.
一列火车从桥上驶过，声音喧闹。 - They became used to hearing warplanes pass overhead.
他们已经习惯了听到战机从头顶飞过的声音。
- The procession passed slowly along the street.
- [transitive] pass something + adv./prep. to make something move in the direction or into the position mentioned
使沿（某方向）移动；使达到（某位置） - He passed the rope around the post three times to secure it.
他把绳索在柱子上绕了三匝缠紧。 - She passed her hand across her forehead.
她用手抹了一下额头。
- He passed the rope around the post three times to secure it.
- [transitive] to give something to somebody by putting it into their hands or in a place where they can easily reach it
给；递；传递 - pass something Pass the salt, please.
请把盐递过来。 - Pass that book over.
把那本书递过来。 - pass something to somebody He passed a note to his friend.
他把一张纸条递给他的朋友。 - pass somebody something Pass me the salt.
请把盐递给我。 - Pass me over that book.
递给我那本书。
Extra Examples- Pass my coat, would you?
把我的外套递过来，好吗？ - She passed me a plate.
她递给我一个盘子。 - Can you pass me that bag?
你能把那个包递给我吗？ - Could you pass the potatoes up to this end of the table, please?
请你把土豆递到桌子的这一端好吗？ - He stood at the counter, passing drinks to everyone.
他站在柜台前，给大家递饮料。 - We passed the pens along the row until everyone had one.
我们把钢笔沿着一排传递，直到每个人都有一个。
- pass something Pass the salt, please.
- [transitive] to give somebody information or a message
传递信息；传送情报 - pass something to somebody His wife had been passing information to the police.
他的妻子一直在向警方传递信息。 - pass something They devised a method of passing secret messages.
他们设计了一种传递秘密消息的方法。
- pass something to somebody His wife had been passing information to the police.
- [transitive, intransitive] (in ball games) to kick, hit or throw the ball to a player of your own side
传球 - pass something (to somebody) He passed the ball to Sterling.
他把球传给斯特林。 - pass (to somebody) Why do they keep passing back to the goalie?
他们为什么老是把球回传给守门员？ - They should pass more.
他们应该通过更多。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb1- We watched them skilfully pass, run and shoot.
我们看着他们熟练地传球、奔跑和射门。 - The team caught and passed very well.
球队的接球和传球都非常出色。 - The ball went to Hummell, who passed to Young.
球传给了胡梅尔，后者传给了杨。 - In basketball, the rule is that the player can't move without passing the ball (or dribbling, which is like passing to yourself).
在篮球运动中，规则是球员在不传球（或运球，就像传给自己一样）的情况下不能移动。 - In rugby you can only pass the ball backwards.
在橄榄球运动中，你只能向后传球。 - He should have passed the ball to a teammate.
他应该把球传给队友。
- pass something (to somebody) He passed the ball to Sterling.
- [intransitive] when time passes, it goes by
推移；逝去 - Almost fifty years have passed since that day.
从那天起，已经过去了将近五十年。 - Six months passed and we still had no news of them.
半年过去了，我们仍然没有他们的音讯。 - The time passed quickly.
时间过得飞快。 - We grew more anxious with every passing day.
一天天过去，我们的焦虑与日俱增。
Extra Examples- The days passed uneventfully.
那些天平静地过去了。 - The years passed, and many people forgot what had happened that day.
这么多年过去了，很多人都忘记了那天发生的事情。 - Several months could pass without them having any contact.
几个月过去了，他们没有任何联系。 - It might be best to think about this again when a little time has passed.
最好等一段时间后再考虑一下这个问题。 - As time passes, our views can change.
随着时间的推移，我们的观点可能会改变。 - I realized that three hours had passed.
我意识到三个小时过去了。 - Half an hour passes, and there is still no sign of him.
半个小时过去了，依然没有他的踪影。 - Barely a week passes without another story breaking about sexual harassment.
几乎每周都会发生有关性骚扰的新闻。 - Only a few minutes have passed and you're bored already.
才过了几分钟，你就已经感到无聊了。 - The afternoon passed pleasantly enough.
下午过得还算愉快。 - The evening passed so slowly.
晚上就这样慢慢过去了。 - With every passing minute she became more convinced something had happened to them.
每过一分钟，她就更加确信他们发生了什么事。 - I love her more with each passing year.
我一年比一年更爱她。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- soon
- …
- help (to)
- Almost fifty years have passed since that day.
- [transitive] pass something to spend time, especially when you are bored or waiting for something
消磨；度过；打发 - We sang songs to pass the time.
我们借唱歌消磨时间。 - How do you pass the long winter nights?
你如何度过漫长的冬夜？
Extra Examples- She went for a walk to pass the time until dinner.
她出去散步以打发时间，直到晚餐。 - It's not a very exciting game, but it passes the time.
这不是一个很刺激的游戏，但它可以打发时间。 - We passed the time chatting.
我们一边聊天一边打发时间。 - He found a dry barn where he passed the night.
他找到了一个干燥的谷仓并在那里过夜。 - She passed a sleepless night.
她彻夜无眠。（=She couldn't sleep at night. 不眠的不是night，而是she） - We passed an uneasy few days waiting for the results.
我们在等待结果的过程中度过了不安的几天。 - Conversation helps them pass the hours of guard duty.
交谈可以帮助他们打发值班时间。 - They passed a pleasant evening telling tales and singing songs.
他们一边讲故事，一边唱歌，度过了一个愉快的夜晚。 - Reading is a way for prisoners to pass the long evenings when they are locked in their cells.
阅读是囚犯被关在牢房里度过漫长夜晚的一种方式。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- soon
- …
- help (to)
- We sang songs to pass the time.
- [intransitive] to come to an end; to be over
结束；完结 - They waited for the storm to pass.
他们等待暴风雨过去。 - It's just a phase which will eventually pass.
这只是一个最终会过去的阶段。 - This is a record of an era long since passed (= that ended a long time ago).
这是一个早已过去的时代的记录（=很久以前就结束了）。
Extra Examples- I felt a little dizzy at first, but that quickly passed.
一开始我感到有点头晕，但很快就过去了。 - The immediate danger seemed to have passed.
眼前的危险似乎已经过去了。 - After the deadline passes, interest will be charged on the amount due.
截止日期过后，将对应付金额收取利息。 - The shock will soon pass.
震惊很快就会过去。 - The indignation I felt on reading this soon passed.
读到这篇文章时我的愤慨很快就过去了。 - I wanted to ask a question, but the moment passed.
我想问一个问题，但时间已经过去了。 - The film gives a wonderful insight into a way of life that has now passed.
这部电影对现在已经过去的生活方式进行了精彩的洞察。 - His youthful idealism has long since passed.
他年轻时的理想主义早已过去。
- They waited for the storm to pass.
- [intransitive] pass from something to/into something to change from one state or condition to another
转变；变化；过渡 - She had passed from childhood to early womanhood.
她已由童年进入了少女期。
- She had passed from childhood to early womanhood.
- [intransitive] pass to somebody to be given to another person after first belonging to somebody else, especially after the first person has died
转移给，遗留给（继承人等） - On his death, the title passed to his eldest son.
他死后，封号传给长子。
- On his death, the title passed to his eldest son.
- [transitive] pass something (of an amount) to become greater than a particular total
大于；超过 - Unemployment has now passed the three million mark.
失业人数现已突破三百万大关。
- Unemployment has now passed the three million mark.
- [transitive, intransitive] to accept a proposal, law, etc. by voting; to be accepted in this way
表决通过（动议、法律等）；（动议、法律等）经表决通过 - pass something to pass a bill/law/resolution
通过一项法案／法律／决议 - The Kansas State House narrowly passed the legislation last year.
去年堪萨斯州众议院勉强通过了这项立法。 - In 1996, Congress unanimously passed the Food Quality Protection Act.
1996年，国会一致通过了《食品质量保护法》。 - (especially North American English) The bill is expected to pass the Senate.
该法案预计将在参议院获得通过。 - pass (by something) The bill passed by 360 votes to 280.
这个法案以 360 票对 280 票获得通过。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2- New Zealand recently passed the Civil Union Act.
新西兰最近通过了《民事结合法》。 - University staff passed a motion of no confidence in the Vice Chancellor.
大学工作人员通过了一项对副校长不信任动议。 - Delegates unanimously passed a motion calling for a boycott.
代表们一致通过了一项呼吁抵制的动议。 - The amendment passed by a vote of 57 - 40.
该修正案以 57 票对 40 票通过。 - The income tax amendment was passed in 1913.
1913年所得税修正案获得通过。 - Parliament passed tough new security measures.
议会通过了严厉的新安全措施。 - The country is better off because we have passed these economic reforms.
这个国家变得更好了，因为我们已经通过了这些经济改革。 - (especially North American English) Any budget deal has to pass the House of Representatives.
任何预算协议都必须通过众议院。 - The state legislature passed a law requiring public schools to offer breakfast programs.
州立法机关通过了一项法律，要求公立学校提供早餐计划。 - They needed six more votes to pass the resolution.
他们还需要六票才能通过该决议。 - The resolution passed unanimously.
该决议获得一致通过。 - Congress has failed to pass legislation that would raise the minimum wage.
国会未能通过提高最低工资的立法。 - The House of Lords is expected to pass the amendment.
预计上议院将通过该修正案。 - The amendment is expected to pass.
该修正案预计将获得通过。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- unanimously
- overwhelmingly
- narrowly
- …
- by… to…
- pass something to pass a bill/law/resolution
- [intransitive] to be allowed
得到允许 - I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object).
我不喜欢，但我也不会反对。 - Her remarks passed without comment (= people ignored them).
人们对她的言论未予理睬。
- I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object).
- [intransitive] to happen; to be said or done
发生；说出（或做出） - pass (between A and B) They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them.
经过了这么多事情，他们已经友谊难再了。 - + adj. His departure passed unnoticed.
他神不知、鬼不觉地离开了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- peacefully
- come to
- let something
- between
- pass unnoticed
- pass (between A and B) They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them.
- [intransitive] pass (on something) to say that you do not know the answer to a question, especially during a quiz
不知道，过（尤在回答竞赛问题时所用） - ‘What's the capital of Peru?’ ‘I'll have to pass on that one.’
“秘鲁的首都是哪里？”“过。” - ‘Who wrote ‘Catch-22’?’ ‘Pass (= I don't know).’
“谁写了《第二十二条军规》？”“不知道。”
- ‘What's the capital of Peru?’ ‘I'll have to pass on that one.’
- [intransitive] pass (on something) to say that you do not want something that is offered to you
不要；免掉 - Thanks. I'm going to pass on dessert, if you don't mind.
谢谢，您若不介意，我就免了饭后甜点吧。
- Thanks. I'm going to pass on dessert, if you don't mind.
- [transitive] pass something to say or state something, especially officially
宣布；声明 - The court waited in silence for the judge to pass sentence.
全体出庭人员默默等待法官宣判。 - It's not for me to pass judgement on your behaviour.
我无权评判你的行为。 - The man smiled at the girl and passed a friendly remark.
男子对姑娘微微一笑，又说了句亲切的话。
- The court waited in silence for the judge to pass sentence.
- [transitive] pass belief, understanding, etc. (formal) to go beyond the limits of what you can believe, understand, etc.
超出…的限度 - It passes belief (= is impossible to believe) that she could do such a thing.
很难相信她会做出这等事来。
- It passes belief (= is impossible to believe) that she could do such a thing.
- [intransitive] to refuse to play a card or make a bid when it is your turn
不出牌；不叫牌；过 - [transitive] pass something to send something out from the body as or with waste matter
排泄；排出 - If you're passing blood you ought to see a doctor.
如果便中带血，你就应该找大夫看看。
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objects- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
- If you're passing blood you ought to see a doctor.
test/exam
move
give
ball
time
end
change
after death
become greater
law/proposal
happen
not know
not want
say/state something
belief/understanding
in card games
from the body
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
Idioms
come to pass
- (old use) to happen
发生；出现 - How did such a disaster come to pass?
这样的灾难是怎样发生的？ - I wondered how it came to pass that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.
我想知道一个有思想的人如何忍受他无思想的父母的偏见。
- How did such a disaster come to pass?
not pass your lips
- if words do not pass your lips, you say nothing
未说话；未开口 - if food or drink does not pass your lips, you eat or drink nothing
未吃；未喝；（水米）未沾
pass the hat round/around
- (informal) to collect money from a number of people, for example to buy a present for somebody
凑份子（送礼）；凑集金钱
pass muster
- to be accepted as of a good enough standard
达到要求；获得接受
pass the time of day (with somebody)
- to say hello to somebody and have a short conversation with them
（与某人）寒暄，打招呼，闲谈一会儿
pass water
- (formal) to urinate
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