past是什么意思

past

英 [pɑ?st] 美 [p?st]

past 過去的，以往的

來自pass的過去分詞。

past: past: [13] Past originated simply as a variant spelling of passed, the past participle of pass. The earliest unequivocal examples of it are as a preposition, but its adjectival use followed in the 14th century, and by the 16th century it was being employed as a noun too (the past).
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past (adj.): c. 1300, "done with, over," from past participle of passen "go by" (see pass (v.)). Past participle is recorded from 1798; past tense from 1813.
past (n.): "times gone by," 1580s, from past (adj.).

1. I must have driven past that place thousands of times.: 我得有上千次開車經(jīng)過那里。

2. When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up.: 當(dāng)邁拉告訴卡普她會把他的過去全抖摟出去時，卡普大為光火。

3. They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.: 他們差不多快到船邊時，一個人影從他們旁邊飛奔而過。

4. In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.: 他過去曾與許多女演員和女小說家調(diào)情。

5. Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.: 沿著15號州際公路一直向北，一過巴斯托就從出口駛出。