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| FUNCTION WORD |
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| /pɑːst/ |
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| 1 | after a particular time
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| | 1a | used for saying what time it is when it is not more than thirty minutes after one , two etc o’ clock 晚于，过（几点）（用于表示不超过半点的时间） | | I’ ll meet you at half past five. 我5点半和你碰头。 | | It’ s exactly ten past three. 现在正好是3点10分。 | |
| | 1b | later than a particular time 比…晚；比…迟 | | It was past midnight by the time we arrived. 我们到达的时候已经过了午夜。 | |
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| 2 | passing a person , place , or thing
going near someone or something while you are on your way to another place 路上遇见（某人）；路过（某地或某物） |
| I walked past several hotels on my way to the petrol station. 我步行去加油站的路上经过好几个旅馆。 |
| He got the ball and headed it past Mitchell. 他得到球，然后头球传球越过米切尔。 |
| The river winds its way past the picturesque village of Comrie. 河流弯弯曲曲地流过风景如画的科姆里村。 |
| The thieves somehow got past all the alarms. 小偷想方设法穿越了所有的警报装置。 |
| She heard music coming from inside the van as it drove past. 小货车驶过的时候她听到有音乐从里面传出来。 |
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| 3 | further away than a place
further than a particular place along a road , path , river etc 越过（路、河流等） |
| Turn right a mile past the graveyard and you’ ll see the church. 过了墓地走1英里以后右拐，你就会看见教堂了。 |
| just past You’ ll find the town about 80 miles south of Missoula, just past Darby. 你会发现那座城镇就在密苏拉以南80英里左右的地方，刚刚过了达比。 |
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| 4 | looking towards a point behind sb/sth
looking towards a place behind someone or something instead of directly at them （视线）越过 |
| right past I tried to catch his eye, but he stared right past me. 我试图看着他的眼睛，但他的目光却径直越过我。 |
| straight past Tom seemed to be looking straight past me at the wall. 汤姆的目光好像越过我径直看着墙壁。 |
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| 5 | after a particular stage
used for saying that someone or something has passed a particular stage or point 超出（某个阶段） |
| He was past his prime as a player by then. 那时他已经过了作为演员的巅峰时期。 |
| Unlike my sisters, I never got past the sixth grade at school. 和我的姐妹们不一样的是，我上学都不曾上完6年级。 |
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| 6 | when time passes
used for saying that a period of time passes （时间）流逝 |
| The months went past, and still no word from her. 几个月过去了，她还是杳无音信。 |
| The days seem to be just whizzing past. 光阴似箭，岁月如梭。 |
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| 7 | no longer thinking or feeling sth
used for saying that your attitudes or feelings have changed in such a way that you no longer think about something 不再（想某事） |
| I used to worry about him coming home late, but now I’ m past caring. 我过去常常会为他的迟归而担心，但现在我已经不再牵肠挂肚了。 |
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| - | I wouldn’ t put it past sb (to do sth) spoken
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| used for saying that you think someone is capable of doing something bad |
| 我认为某人会（做坏事） |
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| I wouldn’ t put it past him to steal from his own family. 我认为他做得出偷自家东西这种事。 |
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| - | past it informal
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| no longer able to do what you used to do because you are too old |
| （因年老而）无法再做，无法再从事（年轻时所做的事情） |
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| Many employers seem to consider anyone over 50 to be past it. 很多雇主似乎认为超过50岁的人就都太老了。 |
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