past
US
UK past prep: (beyond in position) (在空间位置上)
SC 超过 chāo guò
TC 超過
TC 超過
I am a little past the pharmacy right now.
现在我已经超过药房一点点了。
past prep: (beyond in number) (在数字上)
SC 超过 chāo guò
TC 超過
TC 超過
He is past the retirement age for his company.
他已经超过公司规定的退休年龄了。
past n: (time gone by) (指时间上)
SC 过去，过往，昔日，昔时 guò qù，guò wǎng，xī rì，xī shí
TC 過去
TC 過去
In the past, we used to wash our clothes by hand.
过去我们用手洗衣服。
past, the past n: (background)
SC 历史 lì shǐ
TC 歷史
TC 歷史
SC 过往 lì shǐ，guò wǎng
SC 过去 lì shǐ，guò qù
TC 過去
TC 過去
The past helps to explain the present.
历史有助于解释当下现状。
past n: (personal history)
SC （个人）过去的经历 gè rén guò qù de jīng lì
SC 过去的人生 gè rén guò qù de jīng lì，guò qù de rén shēng
While he seemed like a nice person, he hid his past from everybody.
虽然他看起来是个好人，不过他没向任何人透露自己过去的经历。
past n: (grammar: past tense) (语法)
SC 过去式 guò qù shì
TC 過去式
TC 過去式
The word "ate" is the past of "eat".
ate是eat的过去式。
past adj: (previous)
SC 过去的 guò qù de
TC 過去的
TC 過去的
SC 早先的 guò qù de ，zǎo xiān de
SC 以前的 guò qù de ，yǐ qián de
Past governments were not friendly to the press.
前几任政府对新闻界都不友好。
past adj: (done, over)
SC 结束了的 jié shù le de
TC 結束了的
TC 結束了的
SC 完成了的 jié shù le de ，wán chéng le de
SC 已经过去了的 jié shù le de ，yǐ jīng guò qù le de
Past events are over; let's concentrate on the present.
过去的事已经结束了。让我们把精力集中于眼前吧。
past adj: (former)
SC 已经卸任的 yǐ jīng xiè rèn de
SC 前任的 yǐ jīng xiè rèn de，qián rèn de
SC 从前的 yǐ jīng xiè rèn de，cóng qián de
TC 從前的
TC 從前的
The three past Senators are no longer involved in government.
三位已经卸任的参议员都已不再参与政务了。
past adj: (recent)
SC 刚过去的 gāng guò qù de
TC 剛過去的
TC 剛過去的
SC 过去的 gāng guò qù de ，guò qù de
TC 過去的
TC 過去的
During the past few days, it has rained a lot.
刚过去的几天，下了很多雨。
past adj: dated (ago) (过时用语)
SC 以前的，先前的 yǐ qián de ，xiān qián de
He worked as a cook five years past.
五年前，他是个厨师。
past adj: (grammar)
SC 过去时的，过去时态的 guò qù shí de
TC 過去時的
TC 過去時的
He uses the past tense incorrectly at times.
他偶尔会用错过去时态。
past adv: (by)
SC 经过 jīng guò
TC 經過
TC 經過
SC 路过 jīng guò ，lù guò
TC 路過
TC 路過
He walked past the pharmacy.
他路过了那家药店。
past prep: (time: after) (表示时间)
SC 在…之后 zài … zhī hòu
TC 在...之後
TC 在...之後
I'll see you at five past four this afternoon. It is past midnight.
我们下午4点过5分见。现在已经是午夜之后了。
past prep: (beyond)
SC 超出…的范围
SC 超出...的限度
The escaped convict is past the reach of the law.
This quantity of food is well past what I'm used to consuming at a single meal.
past prep: (no longer able to)
SC 不再能做某事
SC 无法再做某事
I'm way past staying up all night.
blaze past vi phrasal: figurative (move fast)
SC 飞速经过
TC 飛速經過
TC 飛速經過
The car blazed past in a cloud of exhaust fumes.
brush past [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep: (skim in passing)
SC 与…擦肩而过
get past vi phrasal: (move beyond an obstruction)
SC 通过 tōng guò
TC 通過
TC 通過
SC 过去 tōng guò ，guò qù
TC 過去
TC 過去
Rocks had fallen on the road and we could not get past.
get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (move beyond: an obstruction)
SC 从…边上过去 cóng biān shàng guò qù
SC 绕过 cóng biān shàng guò qù，rào guò
The driver was unable to get past the roadblock.
get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: figurative, informal (recover from [sth] negative)
SC 纾解, 缓过来
I couldn't get past my disappointment that the trip had been cancelled.
look past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (disregard, not be distracted by)
SC 不理睬 bù lǐ cǎi
SC 忽略 bù lǐ cǎi，hū lüè
TC 忽略
TC 忽略
It was difficult to look past the unsightly mole on his face.
move past vi phrasal: (go by)
SC 经过 jīng guò
TC 經過
TC 經過
The crowd were waving flags as the president's car moved past.
move past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: figurative (pain, etc.: get over) (痛苦、困难等)
SC 度过 dù guò
TC 度過
TC 度過
Natalie has moved past the disappointment of splitting up with her last boyfriend, and is much happier now.
move past [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep: (go by, pass)
SC 超过 chāo guò
TC 超過
TC 超過
Thompson moved past the other runners into first position in the race.
run [sth] by [sb], run [sth] past [sb] vtr phrasal sep: informal (check [sth] with [sb])
SC 就...问问...的意见
SC 问问...对...的意见
I'll run those dates by my boss to make sure he's available then.
see past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: informal, figurative (disregard: negative aspects of)
SC 看淡
see past [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (not be mislead by)
SC 看透
zoom past, zoom by vi phrasal: figurative (go by fast)
SC 快速经过 kuài sù jīng guò
TC 快速經過
TC 快速經過
SC 快速驶过
A motorbike zoomed past as I was about to cross the road.
a quarter past expr: (time: fifteen minutes after) (时间，比如三点一刻)
SC …过一刻 guò yí kè
He arrived at a quarter past nine.
a thing of the past n: informal ([sth] obsolete)
SC 过去的事情 guò qù de shì qíng
a thing of the past n: informal ([sth] no longer a problem)
SC 不再是问题
blast from the past n: informal ([sth] unexpectedly nostalgic)
SC 过去记忆的唤醒
SC 过眼云烟
SC 旧事重提 jiù shì chóng tí
blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep: figurative (pass rapidly)
SC 飞驰而过 fēi chí ér guò
TC 飛馳而過
TC 飛馳而過
blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep: figurative (sportsperson, team: defeat)
SC 战胜, 赢
They blazed past the opposing team to win their first victory of the season.
break with the past v expr: (abandon tradition)
SC 和过去决裂 hé guò qù jué liè
My cousin broke with the past and didn't cook a turkey for Thanksgiving.
break with the past n: (abandoning tradition)
SC 和过去决裂 hé guò qù jué liè
In a break with the past, young women's fathers no longer give them away during the wedding ceremony.
cruise past [sth/sb] vi + prep: (pass by)
SC 驶过 shǐ guò
SC 游过 shǐ guò ，yóu guò
I motioned to the taxi driver to stop, but he cruised past me.
cruise past vi + adv: (pass)
SC 开过
SC 驶过 shǐ guò
John waved from the car window as he cruised past.
distant past, the distant past n: (a time long ago)
SC 很久以前 hěn jiǔ yǐ qián
SC 古老的过去 hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，gǔ lǎo de guò qù
The light you see from stars is light from the distant past.
first-past-the-post adj: (winner of race)
SC 获胜的 huò shèng de
TC 獲勝的
TC 獲勝的
Pete won some money because he bet on the horse that was first-past-the-post.
first-past-the-post n: (election by simple majority)
SC 得票最多者当选
First-past-the-post is the electoral system used to elect parliament in the UK.
flyover, (US), fly-past, flypast (UK) n: (aircraft: flypast)
SC 庆典飞行表演
The pilot did a flyover above the children's birthday party.
go past vi + adv: (pass by, move past)
SC 走过 zǒu guò
The crowd watched as the parade went past.
人群看着游行队伍走过。
go past [sth/sb] vi + prep: (pass by)
SC 走过 zǒu guò
SC 路过 zǒu guò ，lù guò
TC 路過
TC 路過
Amy went past Joe's house on her way to the church.
在去教堂的路上，艾米路过了乔的家。
golden past n: (prosperous history)
SC 辉煌的过去
half past, half prep: (thirty minutes after (the hour))
SC …点半
School usually finishes at half past three, but today we finished at half two!
half past adj: informal (thirty minutes after (the hour))
SC 半小时后的
I finish work at 5, so I'll drop by to pick you up at about half past.
in the past adv: (previously)
SC 过去 guò qù
TC 過去
TC 過去
SC 以前 guò qù，yǐ qián
TC 以前
TC 以前
In the past I always cycled to work but I live too far away now.
以前我都是骑车上班，不过现在我住得太远了。
in the past adv: (long ago, in earlier times)
SC 在过去 zài guò qù
TC 在過去
TC 在過去
SC 在很久以前 zài guò qù，zài hěn jiǔ yǐ qián
In the past, long before modern industrialization, all the work was done by hand.
在很久以前，远早于现代工业化时代，所有的工作都是靠手工完成的。
into the past adv: (backwards in time)
SC 变成往事 biàn chéng wǎng shì
TC 變成往事
TC 變成往事
SC 成为过去 biàn chéng wǎng shì，chéng wéi guò qù
TC 成為過去
TC 成為過去
I'm writing a novel about a man who travels into the past.
not put [sth] past [sb] v expr: (think [sb] capable of doing [sth])
SC 认为某人能够做某事
past continuous n: (grammar: past progressive tense)
SC 过去进行时
past due, past-due adj: (payment: overdue, late)
SC 过期的 guò qī de
TC 過期的
TC 過期的
Services will be reconnected when the past-due payment has been paid.
past history n: ([sth] that has been forgiven)
SC 过去史 guò qù shǐ
TC 過去事
TC 過去事
SC 过去的事情 guò qù shǐ，guò qù de shì qíng
That fight between the girls was past history, it was water under the bridge.
past history n: (patient's medical history)
SC 既往病史 jì wǎng bìng shǐ
SC 过去病史 jì wǎng bìng shǐ，guò qù bìng shǐ
The doctor asked the man a number of questions to establish his past history when he came in with pains in his chest.
past life n: (previous incarnation)
SC 前世
past master n: (sports, etc.: expert)
SC 高手, 行家
Golf's past masters include Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
a past master at [sth] n: (person: skilled)
SC 大师 dà shī
TC 大師
TC 大師
SC 老手 dà shī，lǎo shǒu
SC 行家 dà shī，háng jiā
Don't believe a word he says. He's a past master at lying.
无论他说什么，你都不要相信。他是个撒谎老手。
past participle n: (perfect-tense verb form)
SC 过去分词 guò qù fēn cí
TC 過去分詞
TC 過去分詞
“Eaten” is the past participle of "eat".
past perfect n: (grammar: pluperfect, verb tense of action previously completed)
SC 过去完成时 guò qù wán chéng shí
We use the past perfect to say that one action happened before another.
past progressive: (linguistics) (语法)
SC 过去进行时
past tense n: (grammar: verb tense of past actions or states)
SC 过去式 guò qù shì
TC 過去式
TC 過去式
The past tense of the verb 'to walk' is 'walked'.
past time n: (period in history)
SC 逝去的时光 shì qù de shí guāng
SC 过去 shì qù de shí guāng，guò qù
TC 過去
TC 過去
past-due account n: (unpaid debt)
SC 过期帐款，逾期账款
The past-due account will be reported to all national credit bureaus.
past-due bill n: (notice of late payment)
SC 过期票据 guò qī piào jù
TC 過期票據
TC 過期票據
SC 过期帐单 guò qī piào jù ，guò qī zhàng dān
There was a mountain of past-due bills on the desk.
push your way to/through/past v expr: (move by shoving)
SC 挤着前移至，推搡着前行到
SC 挤着穿过，推搡着穿过
He rudely pushed his way to the stage.
quarter past n: (fifteen minutes after the hour) (指时间)
SC ...点过一刻
It's three o'clock now; I can stay here till quarter past.
recent past, the recent past n: (a time not long ago)
SC 过去不久
SC 近来 jìn lái
TC 近來
TC 近來
relic of the past n: ([sth] obsolete, outmoded)
SC 遗物 yí wù
SC 遗迹 yí wù，yí jì
TC 遺跡 / 遺蹟 / 遺迹
TC 遺跡 / 遺蹟 / 遺迹
remote past, the remote past n: (time long ago)
SC 遥远的过去 yáo yuǎn de guò qù
This ruin was inhabited by a farming family some time in the remote past.
roar by, roar past vi + adv: figurative (vehicle: go past noisily) (汽车)
SC 轰鸣而过
TC 轟鳴而過
TC 轟鳴而過
SC 呼啸而过
TC 呼嘯而過
TC 呼嘯而過
The traffic on the motorway roared by.
公路上的车流呼啸而过。
simple past n: (grammatical tense: preterit) (语法)
SC 简单过去时 jiǎn dān guò qù shí
sweep past, sweep by vi + adv: (go by rapidly)
SC 掠过 lüè guò
Gareth stood at the side of the racetrack, watching as the horses swept by.
sweep past [sb/sth], sweep by [sb/sth] vi + prep: (move rapidly past [sth], [sb])
SC 掠过 lüè guò
The cars swept past the front of the house.
walk past vi + adv: (go by on foot)
SC 路过 lù guò
TC 路過
TC 路過
SC 走过 lù guò，zǒu guò
Every day, I sit at my window, watching the children walk past on their way to school.
walk past [sth/sb] vi + prep: (go by on foot)
SC 路过 lù guò
TC 路過
TC 路過
SC 经过 lù guò，jīng guò
TC 經過
TC 經過
whistle past the graveyard v expr: US, figurative (put on a brave face)
SC 强装无视
SC 假装自信