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1 go past 经过 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PASS/GO PAST to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them 经过，越过

The crowd parted to let the truck pass.

人群分开让卡车通过。

He gave me a smile as he passed.

他经过时对我微笑了一下。

We passed a group of students outside the theatre.

我们在戏院外从一群学生身旁经过。

I pass the sports centre on the way to work.

我上班的路上经过体育中心。

2 move/go 移动/行进 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GO to go or travel along or through a place 前行，穿过

He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building.

他穿过走廊来到大楼后面的一间小房间。

We passed through the gates into a courtyard behind.

我们穿过几道门进了后面的院子。

We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we’d drop in to see you.

我们正好经过，于是就想到顺便来看看你。

3 put 放 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to put something around, through, or across something else 使环绕；使穿过

He passed the rope carefully around the post.

他把绳子小心地绕在柱子上。

4 road/river etc 道路/河流等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]GO a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place 经过，通过，穿过

The road passes right through the town centre.

那条路正好穿过镇中心。

The main railway line passes just north of Manchester.

那条铁路干线正好经过曼彻斯特北面。

5 give 给 [transitiveT]GIVE to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else 给；递；传递

Pass the salt, please.

请把盐递过来。

pass somebody something

Can you pass me that bag by your feet?

能把你脚边的那个包递给我吗？

pass something to somebody

She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster.

她递给校长一杯茶。

I passed the note back to her.

我把纸条递还给她。

→ pass around

6 give information 提供信息 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SEND to give information or a job to another person so that they can deal with it 把〔信息或工作〕转给某人〔以便处理〕

pass something (on/over/back) to somebody

I’ll pass the information on to our sales department.

我会把信息转给我们的销售部。

They’ve passed the enquiry over to the police.

他们把调查事宜转给了警方处理。

7 time 时间

a) [intransitiveI]PASS/TIME PASSING if time passes, it goes by 〔时间〕过去，流逝

The days passed slowly.

日子慢慢地过去。

She became more ambitious as the years passed.

一年年过去，她变得愈加雄心勃勃。

They sat in silence while the minutes passed.

时间一分一秒地过去，他们坐着沉默不语。

Hardly a day passes without more bad news about the economy (=there is bad news almost every day).

几乎没有哪一天不传出经济方面的坏消息。

b) [transitiveT]SPEND TIME if you pass time or pass your life in a particular way, you spend it in that way 度过〔时间〕

We passed the winter pleasantly enough.

我们相当愉快地度过了那个冬季。

We played cards to pass the time (=to help us stop feeling bored).

我们打扑克牌消磨时间。

In everyday English, people usually say that they spend time doing something rather than pass time: 在日常英语中,人们表示花时间做某事时,常说spend time,而不说 pass time

I spent the whole day watching TV.

我一整天都在看电视。

8 exam/test 考试/测试

9 law/proposal 法律/提案

10 happen 发生 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenSPREAD if something passes between people, they speak to each other or do something together 交流，交换

11 SAY 说话pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion 发表评论/意见

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pass a remark/comment• Some people sitting across from us began passing remarks about the fair-skinned lady in a sari.• They interrupt because they are unwilling to let pass a remark from which an intricate leap can be performed.• We had a ritual, starting with the real estate pages, passing remarks on the latest tacky towers.

12 let something pass IGNOREto deliberately not say anything when someone says or does something that you do not like 对某事物不予理会[不加追究]

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let something pass• When she started criticizing my parents, I couldn't let it pass.

13 end 结束 [intransitiveI]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or stop 停止

14 sport 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to kick, throw, or hit a ball to a member of your own team during a game 〔给己方队员〕传（球）

15 more than 多于 [transitiveT]MORE THAN A NUMBER OR AMOUNT to become more than a particular number or amount 超过〔某个具体数量〕

16 pass unnoticed NOT KNOWto happen without anyone noticing or saying anything 不被注意地发生

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pass unnoticed• Amazing how some one so intelligent can be stupid enough to think such hypocrisy would pass unnoticed.• But what iconism there is in the lower levels is the more powerful as it passes unnoticed.• Under the duress of the moment, the act of crossing the threshold into this place had passed unnoticed.• But in a world where observing the social decencies passes unnoticed, how much incentive is there to be ordinarily good?• In fact several recent studies have shown that up to 15% of defective items have passed unnoticed in a 100% inspection.• If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed, then do it in the smartest, most exclusive hotel in Geneva.• Fong passed unnoticed through the front door of the embassy and went home.• Many phrases that we feel could logically be broken up still carry hidden meanings that pass unnoticed until some one misuses them.

17. pass the time of day (with somebody) TALK TO somebodyto talk to someone for a short time in order to be friendly （与某人）寒暄

18 change control 改变控制权 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] formalSCLB to change from being controlled or owned by one person to being controlled or owned by someone else 〔控制权或所有权〕转移，转让

19 change 变化 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] formalHCONDITION/STATE OF something to change from one state or condition into another 转变，转化

20 pass (a) sentence (on somebody) SCLSCTto officially decide how a criminal will be punished, and to announce what the punishment will be 判处（某人）〔某刑罚〕

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pass (a) sentence (on somebody)• Read in studio Magistrates watched the seven minute video before passing sentence.• Stand while the judge passes sentence.• The judge asked for more psychiatric reports on Borgois before passing sentence.• The judge had 30 days to pass sentence.• The first is the abolition of the powers of courts to pass sentence of corporal punishment.• I will pass sentence tomorrow when I have seen all the papers.• Lord Taylor's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public's expectations.

21 pass judgment (on somebody) OPINIONto give your opinion about someone’s behaviour （对某人）作出评论

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pass judgment (on somebody)• He never passed judgment about the wishes; he just granted them impassively.• Like everyone else, they will be able to pass judgment by means of the ballot box.• No longer is it tainted as mystic, for here, with no one passing judgment, no experience is tainted.• They pass judgment on an accused taking into account the gravity of the crime and the circumstances of the accused.• We had filed suit to pass judgment on Harvester.• I used to pass judgment on sight.• Managers will often find it difficult not to pass judgment on subordinates automatically.• The duty of the court is neither to make nor to alter nor to pass judgment on the law.

22 give no answer 不予回答 [intransitiveI]NOT KNOW to give no answer to a question because you do not know the answer 不知道；〔因不知道答案而〕略过

23 not accept 不接受 [intransitiveI] to not accept an invitation or offer 拒绝邀请[提议]

24 not pass somebody’s lips humorous

25 waste matter 废物 [transitiveT] medicalHBH to let out a waste substance from your bladder or bowels 排泄

26. come to pass literary or biblicalHAPPEN to happen 发生

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come to pass• And so it came to pass.• But it's not really surprising that this accommodation should come to pass.• It really did come to pass.• Whatever the priestess at Delphi said would happen infallibly came to pass.• The odds on this coming to pass are daunting.• None of this may come to pass, but all efforts to prevent it so far have backfired.• Such regulations may someday come to pass, but perhaps not soon enough for the butternut.• It will come to pass, shortly I presume, that others will come forward to claim they wrote the book.

→ pass muster at muster2(1), → pass the buck at buck1(3) PHRASAL VERBS

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pass• Do you think you'll pass?• "I'm taking my driving test today." "Do you think you'll pass?"• He drums his fingers on the chairback as he passes.• Moreover, the most important legislation for bond market investors -- the 1996 budget bill -- has already been passed.• This falling from the branch business, she thought, made you realise how the years were passing.• Taylor receive discounts from publishers, which they agree to pass along to customers.• Actually, they ran better than they passed, although they passed spectacularly on occasion.• Congress has passed an education-reform law.• Each car has to be passed by a team of inspectors before it leaves the factory.• Dan's worried he won't pass calculus.• I pass her house every day on my way to work.• His blood pressure was rather high so the doctor couldn't pass him as fit for the job.• If he stays injury-free, Stumpel should pass his personal best of 76 points.• Dr. Todd said the pain would pass in a day or two.• Who ever had it then still had it, or had passed it on.• In August that year $ 25 million worth of vaccine was backlogged and in danger of passing its six-month expiration date.• Hey, pass me the ball!• As time passes, the disease progresses through several distinct stages.• I'll get you some aspirin - I pass the drugstore on the way to work.• Ellis quickly passed the note to the woman, looking around to check that no one had noticed.• Could you pass the salt, please?• "Do you want to go fishing Saturday?" "Sorry, I'll have to pass this time."• Details of the attack had been passed to enemy agents.• Johnson passes to White, White passes to Eliot, and Eliot scores!• A big Cadillac passed us as we walked up the hill.• A police car passed us doing 90 miles an hour.

just passing through• Like Florida tourists, some of the avian visitors are just passing through.• Once again, remember: you're just passing through.• Remember: You are just passing through.• I'm just passing through on my way to Tulsa.• Some are summer or winter visitors, while others are just passing through on their journey north or south.• They were just passing through, so there was nothing to get excited about.• However, if these observations can be made by somebody just passing through the service, surely something is wrong.

passes ... through• A wave of fear suddenly passes through Primo.• It passes quickly through the body.• The moving phase is a gaS which passes through the column.• It passes through the confining layer somewhere above the aquifer.• If the light passes through the egg, it is infertile.• The oxygen ion passes through the membrane and emerges on the other side as pure oxygen gas.• Little that is unfathomable or startling passes through the mind of a Minister preparing legislation.• The release pin holds the pack closed as it passes through this loop after securing the eyelets.

pass somebody something• Could you pass me that pen over there?

pass something (on/over/back) to somebody• They passed close to her, where she crouched still in the bushes.• I calmly passed the gun back to him.• At two Mina was passed from father to husband.• I tried to pass on to Louie everything I knew about the business.• One of the most important gifts a teacher can pass on to pupils is a sense of control over one's life.• Oliver passed the receiver to Rain.• Maybe Sandler got out of the curse by passing it off to them?

to pass the time• A guard moved alongside, peering in that inquisitive way, like what do we have here to pass the time.• It helps to pass the time.• It was at such times that I seriously considered taking up smoking myself, just to pass the time.• Karma Rubbish smokes at the end of the garden, cracking its knuckles to pass the time.• That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time.• The people played games to pass the time during the winter too.• More than just helping to pass the time, he discovers that making up stories can be a pleasure in itself.• He jumps off waterfalls to pass the time of day.

passed with flying colours• Fortunately, like the other tests, the 31-year-old convent-educated beauty passed with flying colours.

pass a law/bill/act• Catholics passed laws against intermarriage between people of the two faiths.• In due course, the government's response was to pass a law and appoint an Alkali Inspector named Angus Smith.• We pass laws in a bid to create a peaceful society.• At the same time, Congress passed an act reducing tariff rates.• It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed, so that it can open letters with ease.• The 35-year veteran of Capitol Hill can not brag that he knows how to pass bills through the Senate.• State legislatures, in the meantime, have been passing laws to make such consolidations and cooperation easier.• Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan all passed laws to restrict benefits and introduce time limits.

pass between• Not many words passed between us during the trip home.

passed the ... mark• In 1975 the total was £1149, last year we made £7000, and this year we have passed the £8000 mark.• Membership had passed the 100 mark already.• In 1976, unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War.• Enroute to amassing that sum, the second highest of his career, he passed the £1 million mark in career earnings.• The proportion of Sinhalese policemen passed the fifty percent mark in the 1920s, and continued to rise thereafter.• Border had not passed the 50 mark since his first innings of the tour against Somerset.

passed into the hands of• Disposal No. 1-20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before.

pass from/to• When water freezes, it passes from a liquid to a solid state.• The college is also considering issuing passes to all full-time students.• He was passed from embrace to loving embrace.• The title passes from father to son.• Both quarterbacks were throwing big passes to guys wearing Dallas uniforms.• Most of the time they are passed from one family member to another.• Such tastes are passed from one generation to the other, reinforced by the environment in which a family exists.• Boss died in 1948, and the company passed to the next two generations.• In addition, data could be passed to the police, private detectives or computer database holders.• Signals are passed from the recorder to the playback controller and then to a stereo ready monitor.

pass on• I'm grateful for everything that has been said today, and I will be sure to pass it on.• There's only one copy of the leaflet, so when you've read it please pass it on.• When he gave up playing football, he passed on all his gear to me.• Officials admitted that they failed to pass on important information.• Please pass on my sympathy to Mr and Mrs Stanton.• Could you pass on my thanks for all these lovely gifts?• I had to pass on the last question.• He was accused of stealing secret documents and passing them on to the enemy.• She said she'd pass the message on to the other students.• It was discovered that he had been passing secrets on to the Russians whilst working at the Pentagon.

passing water• He was passing water painfully and he couldn't sleep.• Indeed, she had been one of those in the chain passing water to the house from the pond.

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pass2 S2 W3 noun [countableC]

1 document 文件PGOLET/ALLOW an official piece of paper which shows that you are allowed to enter a building or travel on something without paying 出入证，通行证；（免费）乘车证

2 exam/test 考试/测试SE a successful result in an examination （考试）及格 OPP fail

3 sport 体育DS when you kick, throw, or hit a ball to another member of your team during a game 传球

4. make a pass at somebody informalSYSEXY to try to kiss or touch another person with the intention of starting a sexual relationship with them 挑逗某人，撩拨某人

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make a pass at somebody• Some said he'd made a pass at Stella, others said he'd made a pass at Dempster.• Nigel told Eleanor that he despised her for making a pass at him.• It seemed odd that he loathed her with such intensity and yet had made a pass at her.• And the examiner was arrested only after he made passes at a military policeman's wife.• Had he made a pass at her?• He made a pass at me once.• The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her.• Men who made passes at her were not rude ruffians but agents of evil river spirits.

5 road/path 道路/小路DNWAY/ROUTE a high road or path that goes between mountains to the other side 山道，山口

6 stage 阶段PART one part of a process that involves dealing with the whole of a group or thing several times 轮，回

7. aircraft 飞行器 a movement in which an aircraft flies once over a place which it is attacking 〔飞机等在攻击目标上空的〕飞越

8. come to a pretty/sorry pass old-fashioned informalUNPLEASANT if things have come to a pretty or sorry pass, a situation has become very bad 处境糟糕

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pass• He has completed 121 of 218 passes for 1,354 yards and eight touchdowns with five interceptions this season.• Students must obtain a pass before leaving campus.• He looks too much to make a big pass rather than do what comes naturally, which is score.• The harvester moved round the field in a strict square, so that the standing crop grew smaller and smaller with every pass.• Comet Shoemaker-Levy passed through our solar system and crashed into Jupiter July 16,1994.• This is a classic hail Mary pass.• a narrow mountain pass• They scored a direct hit of the target on their second pass.• The Bruins set up a play for Johnson in the low post, but Dollar traveled while trying to make the pass.• Davis scored on a 40-yard pass from Elway.

bus pass• I can't even get a bus pass.• I got a social worker and she suggested I get a bus pass, so I could get to town.• All the aggravation about replacing by bus pass, credit cards and library cards etc, all because I was thoughtless.• You can use your included Canal Bus Pass to hop on and off the Rembrandt cruise.• They may soon be getting free bus passes but they know how to rock.• Townspeople are being asked to sign a petition to help save the bus passes of Langbaurgh's 22,000 pensioners and disabled.• Surely he would be better advised to start a new series with Bus Pass Wish One.

pass mark• It is not a pass mark and yet all children are supposed to aspire to it.• How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%?• He completed 192 of 303 throws for 3,023 yards and 28 touchdowns, the second-best passing mark in the nation.• Her passing marks a loss for those everywhere who love the printed word, and Tucson is the poorer for it.• But he did not pass Mark.• Instead, the pass mark was set higher for girls!• For example, what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit?

From Longman Business Dictionary

passpass1 /pɑːspæs/ verb

1[transitiveT] if an official group passes a law, proposal etc, or it passes that group, it is accepted by them, especially by voting

Shareholders of Fibreboard Corp. narrowly passed a measure doubling the shares in the company’s employee stock option plan.

Congress this year will pass a bill giving banks permission to open branches nationwide.

Legislation similar to the anti-price-fixing bill passed the Senate last month.

2[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to succeed in an examination, test etc

Policyholders must pass a medical to qualify for lower insurance rates.

How could faulty valves have passed the inspections?

3[transitiveT] to give someone a piece of information, knowledge, a message etc that has been received from someone else

pass something to/onto etc

The transmitters pass phone calls to and from cellular phones.

Firms can’t pass information onto third parties until it is released by the stockmarket’s own news service.

pass something on/along

Employees were suspected of passing on confidential documents.

4[intransitiveI]LAW to go officially from one person’s control or ownership to someone else’s

Sales will be recognised when title (=ownership) passes or when the contract is signed.

pass to

The property had passed to him after his father’s death.

5pass a dividendFINANCE to fail to pay the DIVIDEND on a share (=the part of the profit paid to shareholders) in a particular period of time, usually because of financial difficulties

The steelwork group is passing its final dividend after profits plunged last year.

6[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a particular date or time passes, or you pass it, it goes by and is in the past

The IRS will permit an extension of time for certain actions even after the deadline has passed.

7pass 500/pass the $2,000 mark etc to go above a particular amount, number or level, as a total gradually increases

Aluminum prices passed $1 a pound last week, a rise of 43% since March.

Israel’s population passed the six million mark in 1999.

→ pass something ↔ on

→ pass something ↔ off

→ pass somebody over

→ pass something through something

→ pass up

passpass2 noun [countableC]

a special document containing a person’s name and often their photograph, showing that they are allowed to enter a particular building, travel somewhere etc

Simply present your Executive Club card andboarding pass (=one that allows you to get on a plane) to receive a complimentary drink.

Origin pass1

(1200-1300) Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus “step”

pass2

1. (1400-1500) → PASS1

2. (1200-1300) Old French pas, from Latin passus; → PASS1

pass1 verb

→10-19

→20-26

→n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1 →PHRASAL VERBS1pass2 noun

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pass

noun¹

in sports體育

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PASS | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤deep, long長傳

➤short短傳

➤good, perfect精彩的／完美的傳球

➤dropped, errant, incomplete落地傳球；傳球失誤；傳球不到位

◇Robson had pounced on a dropped pass.羅布森猛撲向落地傳球。

➤careless, sloppy草率的／馬虎的傳球

➤crisp, quick乾脆利落的／快速的傳球

➤back, cross-field, square (all in football/soccer皆用於足球) 回傳；過場傳球；橫傳

➤forward (in rugby橄欖球) 向前傳球

◇The referee disallowed the try for a forward pass.裁判判我們向前傳球犯規，觸地所得 3 分無效。

➤bounce, inbounds, lob, no-look, outlet (in basketball籃球) 反彈傳球；（由界外）向界內傳球；高吊傳球；聲東擊西的傳球；（搶到前場籃球板後的）第一傳

➤screen, swing, touchdown (in American football美式橄欖球) 掩護性傳球；擺傳；觸地傳球

VERB + PASS

➤play傳球

◇Lafferty played a pass down the right to Gallagher.拉弗蒂沿右側把球給了加拉格爾。

➤deliver傳出球

➤get, pick up, receive接到傳球；接過傳球

◇He picked up a back pass from one of his defenders.他從一個後衞那裏接過回傳。

➤complete, throw (both in American football均用於美式橄欖球) 完成／拋出傳球

◇McNabb has completed 57% of his passes with five touchdowns.麥克納布完成了 57% 的傳球，其中有 5 次達陣。

➤catch, drop (both in American football均用於美式橄欖球) 接住傳球；踢落地球

➤block, defend攔截傳球

◇His long reach enables him to block passes.他手臂很長，可以攔截傳球。

◇The Dolphins are among the NFL's best at defending the pass.海豚隊是美國國家橄欖球聯盟防守最好的球隊。

➤intercept攔截傳球

PREPOSITION

➤pass from從⋯的傳球

◇Owen picked up a long pass from Beckham to score.歐文接過貝克漢姆的長傳進球得分。

➤pass to給⋯傳球

◇He played a back pass to the goalkeeper.他將球回傳給守門員。

pass

noun²

(especially BrE)

success in exam/course考試通過

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PASS | PASS + NOUN | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤good (BrE) 好成績

➤exam, examination考試通過

➤A level, GCSE, etc.通過高級證書考試、普通中等教育證書考試等

VERB + PASS

➤get, NAmE) , obtain, scrape及格；勉強及格

◇She barely scraped a pass in chemistry.她化學考試勉強及格。

PASS + NOUN

➤mark, rate (BrE,

NAmE)

及格分數；通過率

◇The pass mark is 40%.40% 是及格成績。

PREPOSITION

➤pass at以⋯成績通過

◇It's difficult to obtain a pass at A Level.要想通過高級證書考試是很難的。

➤pass in在⋯考試中通過

◇He should get a good pass in mathematics. (BrE) 他應該能夠在數學考試中取得好成績。

pass

noun³

official piece of paper官方證照

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PASS | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤free免費入場券

➤day, monthly, weekend, yearly日票；月票；週末票；年票

➤two-day, three-day, etc.兩日票、三日票等

▸➤bus, rail, railway (BrE) 公共汽車乘車證；鐵路套票

◇a monthly rail pass火車月票

➤security安全通行證

➤boarding登機牌

◇The flight attendant asked to see my boarding pass.飛機乘務員要看我的登機牌。

➤hall (NAmE) 門廳出入證

◇The teacher wrote out a hall pass and handed it to her.老師開了一張門廳出入證遞給了她。

➤backstage後台通行證

➤press, VIP記者證； VIP 通行證

VERB + PASS

➤have持有通行證

➤use使用通行證

➤give sb, issue (sb with)給某人通行證；發（給某人）出入證

◇The visitors were issued with day passes.訪客都獲發了一日有效的通行證。

➤produce, show出示通行證

PREPOSITION

➤on a pass持有通行證

◇soldiers on a weekend pass持有週末出入證的士兵

➤pass to到⋯的通行證

◇We bought a two-day pass to Disneyland.我們買了一張可用兩天的迪士尼樂園門票。

pass

noun⁴

way through mountains山間通路

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PASS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤high, low高山口；低山口

➤narrow狹窄的山路

➤mountain山口

VERB + PASS

➤cross, take穿過隘口

PREPOSITION

➤over a/the pass翻越隘口

◇They had to struggle over the pass with their donkeys.他們不得不牽着毛驢費力地翻越隘口。

➤through a/the pass通過隘口

◇A road was built through the pass.建造了一條通過隘口的道路。

➤pass over在⋯上面的隘口

◇We took the high pass over the ridge.我們從山脊的高山口通過。

PHRASES

➤the head of the pass, the summit of the pass, the top of the pass隘口的最高點

pass

verb¹

of time時間

ADVERB | VERB + PASS

ADVERB

➤quickly, rapidly, soon, swiftly飛快流逝；很快消逝

◇The time passed quickly.時間過得飛快。

➤slowly慢慢消逝

➤peacefully, uneventfully平靜地過去；太平無事地度過

◇The days passed uneventfully.那些天平靜地過去了。

VERB + PASS

➤help (to)幫助度過

◇We played games to help pass the time.我們玩遊戲借以消磨時間。

pass

verb²

law法律

ADVERB | PREPOSITION

ADVERB

➤unanimously一致通過

➤overwhelmingly以壓倒多數通過

➤narrowly勉強通過

◇The Kansas State House narrowly passed the legislation last year.去年堪薩斯州眾議院勉強通過了這項立法。

PREPOSITION

➤by... to...以⋯對⋯的比例通過

◇The bill was passed by 360 votes to 280.提案以 360 票對 280 票獲得通過。

pass

verb³

happen發生

ADVERB | VERB + PASS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADVERB

➤peacefully平靜地發生

VERB + PASS

➤come to (formal

old-fashioned)

發生

◇How did such a disaster come to pass?這樣的災難是怎樣發生的？

◇I wondered how it came to pass that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.我想知道一個有思想的人如何忍受他無思想的父母的偏見。

➤let sth讓⋯發生

◇I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object).我不喜歡，但我也不會反對。

PREPOSITION

➤between在⋯之間發生

◇They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them.他們之間發生了所有那些事情後，再也不會是朋友了。

PHRASES

➤pass unnoticed不知不覺地發生

◇In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.混亂之中，沒有人注意到她走了。

IELTS BNC: 480 COCA: 441

pass noun
⇨ licence (a bus pass) ⇨ make a pass at sb ⇨ flirt verbpass verb
⇨ give 2 (Pass the salt, please.) ⇨ go 1 (pass under the bridge) ⇨ go by (time passes) ⇨ graduate (pass a test) ⇨ lead 1 (pass a truck on a bend) ⇨ spend 2 (pass the time)