past

复数：pasts

1. 以前的,过去的 gone by in time
2. 结束了的,不复存在的 finished; ended
3. [A]前任的,已卸任的 former; previous

1. [S]过去,昔时; 往事 time before the present; what happened in time before the present
2. [S]过去的生活〔经历〕 person's past life or career

1. (表示时间)超过,在…之后,晚于 (of time) later than sth; after
2. (表示距离)远于,在…的更远处 on the far side of sth
3. (表示关涉)从…旁边过去,通过 from one side to the other of sb/sth
4. (表示程度)超出,超越 beyond the limits of sth/doing sth
5. (表示数目)超过,过于 beyond a specified number

1. 经过,过 from one side to the other of sth

• past experience过去的经验
• past president前任会长〔校长〕
• past success昔日的成功

• some time past前些时候
• ten years past十年前

• bury〔forget〕 one's past忘掉〔记〕过去
• know sb's past知道某人的老底
• make past serve present古为今用
• recall〔recapture〕 one's past回忆往事
• regret one's past后悔昔日的行为
• repair one's past弥补过去的缺陷

• dark〔dead, remote, splendid〕 past黑暗〔不复存在,遥远,光辉〕的过去
• recent past最近
• unforgettable past难忘的往事

• during immediate past在最近
• in past在过去,从前
• facts of past以往的事实
• man with long past阅历颇深的人
• woman with past过去生活放荡的女人

• go〔march, rush, walk〕 past行走〔行军,奔跑,步行〕经过

in the past在过去

past year去年

in the past year在过去的一年中

over the past decade在过去的十年里

past experience过去的经验

past and present过去与现在

half past半点；过去一半

past month上个月

past time过去；消遣

past tense过去式

past events往事

live in the past ◎照老皇历办事，按旧章程办事；因循守旧 , ◎生活在过去的时代 , ◎迷恋过去、追求过去的梦

go past经过；路过

past history过去（的经历）；[医]既往病史，过去病史

walk past走过

brush past擦过

pain past is pleasure苦尽甘来

past participle过去分词

past master n. 老手；对某种技艺有丰富经验者

past due过期；过期未付

1. It is past my power.
   这是我力所不及的。
2. It was past midnight when we got home.
   我们到家时已过半夜.

1. He hurried past me without stopping.
   他匆忙从我身边走过，连停都没停。
2. They walked past without stopping
   他们一步不停地走了过去。
3. We drove past the house.
   我们开车经过那座房子。

1. His pain is past now.
   他的痛苦现在已经过去。