| 释义 |
Examples:often used with negatives, e.g. no need worry about past issues—(past tense marker used before verb or clause)—the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past—the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall—The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).—unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships—fig. one should not go back one's past experiences (of love, job etc)—chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)—(indicates continuation from the past towards us)—remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes—don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience—observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come—a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!—revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences—Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)—Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player—overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget—completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf—fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another—consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future—fig. sb who frightens easily, due past experiences—view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy [idiom.]—follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition— |