pass1 /pɑːs $ pæs/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 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。
RegisterIn 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 a) SEPASS A TEST[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to succeed in an examination or test 考试及格;通过(考试) OPP fail Did you pass all your exams? 你考试都及格了吗?
He hasn’t passed his driving test yet. 他还没有通过驾驶考试。
She passed with flying colours (=got very high marks). 她以高分通过。
b) [transitiveT]SEPASS A TEST to officially decide that someone has succeeded in an examination or test 让〔某人〕通过考试[测试] OPP fail The examiners will only pass you if they feel that you have done the work properly. 只有考官认为你把工作做好了,他们才会让你通过考试。
9 law/proposal 法律/提案 a) [transitiveT]PGPSCL to officially accept a law or proposal, especially by voting 〔尤指以投票方式〕通过〔法律或提案〕 Plans to extend the hotel have now been passed. 扩建酒店的计划现已获得通过。
The motion was passed by 16 votes to 11. 那项动议以16票对11票获得通过。
pass a law/bill/act The first Transport Act was passed in 1907. 首部《交通法》于1907年通过。
The government has passed new legislation to protect consumers. 政府通过了新法律以保护消费者。
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution asking the two countries to resume peace negotiations. 联合国安全理事会通过了一项决议,敦促两国重启和平谈判。
b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] especially American EnglishAmESCLPG if a law or proposal passes an official group, it is officially accepted by that group 〔法律、提案等〕(被…)通过,(被…)接受 The bill failed to pass the House of Representatives. 那项法案没有在众议院获得通过。
► see thesaurus at approve 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pass between A glance of recognition passed between them. 他们对视了一下,认出了对方。
Please say nothing of what has passed here today. 今天在这里说的一切请严格保密。
11 SAY 说话pass a remark/comment to say something that gives your opinion 发表评论/意见 I’m afraid I can’t pass any comment on this matter. 关于这件事我恐怕无可奉告。
He passed some remark about doctors being paid too much. 他说了一些医生工资过高的话。
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] Carla made some comment about my work but I decided to let it pass. 卡拉对我的工作作了一些评论,但我决定不予理会。
13 end 结束 [intransitiveI]FINISH/COME TO AN END to end or stop 停止 After a couple of hours the storm passed. 几个小时之后暴风雨停止了。
The feeling of sickness soon passed. 恶心的感觉很快就过去了。
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)pass to He passed to Beckham on the edge of the penalty area. 他把球传给在禁区边缘的贝克汉姆。
pass something to somebody Are you allowed to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper? 允许把球回传给守门员吗?
► see thesaurus at throw →4 See picture of 见图 THROW 1 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〕 The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time. 失业人数首次突破两百万大关。
16 pass unnoticed NOT KNOWto happen without anyone noticing or saying anything 不被注意地发生 His resignation passed largely unnoticed. 几乎无人知晓他辞了职。
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pass to The land will pass to my son when I die. 我死后土地归我儿子所有。
Control of these services has now passed into the hands of the local authorities. 这些机构现在转由地方当局管理。
19 change 变化 [intransitiveI always + prepositionprep] formalHCONDITION/STATE OF something to change from one state or condition into another 转变,转化pass from/to The chemical passes from a liquid to a solid state during the cooling process. 这种化学物质在冷却过程中由液态转化为固态。
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〕 Judges no longer have the power to pass the death sentence. 法官们再也无权判处犯人死刑。
21 pass judgment (on somebody) OPINIONto give your opinion about someone’s behaviour (对某人)作出评论 I don’t want to pass judgment on my colleagues. 我不想评论我的同事。
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 ‘Who won the World Cup in 1998?’ ‘Pass.’ “1998 年谁赢了世界杯?”“过。”
23 not accept 不接受 [intransitiveI] to not accept an invitation or offer 拒绝邀请[提议]pass on I’m afraid I’ll have to pass on that offer of coffee. 喝咖啡还是免了吧。
24 not pass somebody’s lips humorous a) used to say that someone does not talk about something that is secret 〔秘密〕不会被某人吐露 Don’t worry. Not a word of this will pass my lips. 别担心,这件事我一个字也不会说出去。
b) used to say that someone does not eat or drink a particular thing 〔某东西〕不会被某人吃[喝] Not a drop of liquor has passed my lips. 我滴酒不沾。
25 waste matter 废物 [transitiveT] medicalHBH to let out a waste substance from your bladder or bowels 排泄 See your doctor immediately if you pass any blood. 如果便中有血要马上去看医生。
He was having difficulty passing water (=letting out urine). 他排尿困难。
26. come to pass literary or biblicalHAPPEN to happen 发生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) 27 pass something ↔ around (also pass something ↔ round British English) phrasal verbphr v OFFERto offer or show something to each person in a group 分发;传阅 Pass the cookies around, would you? 请把小甜饼分发给大家,好吗?
→ pass the hat round/around at hat(6)pass around• The waitress brought our food in two trips, and we started passing things around.• They passed the box around, and we sat there slowly eating the perches out from under the doves.• I suppose it's the same for people who used to pass joints around at parties.• They pass it around behind their backs and must make sure that it is ringing loudly.• More likely Goya passed them around his friends or flipped through the pages.• The midfielders and defenders passed the ball around in their end of the field, 10 or 15 passes at a time.• They paused for grace and then passed the food around, laughing and ragging at one another.• She walks back to her desk, takes out a large yellow box of chocolates and passes them around the room. 28 pass as somebody/something phrasal verbphr v if someone or something can pass as someone or something, they are similar enough to be accepted as that type of person or thing 被以为是,被当成 His French is so good that he can pass as a Frenchman. 他的法语太好了,很可能被当成法国人。
29.pass away phrasal verbphr v MXDIEto die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕pass away• And we knew we would never pass away.• It didn't hurt so much as it did with my Dad passing away.• Nyrene had sat up with him all night and was with him when he passed away.• They were like ailing friends met at the post office, or greatly missed because they had passed away.• My wife had just passed away, and I didn't want to be around people.• Have you heard? Carl passed away last night.• The party's old guard -- folks like Mo Udall and Dennis DeConcini -- have passed away or moved on long ago. 30 pass by phrasal verbphr v a) pass by (somebody/something)GO to go past a person, place, vehicle etc 经过(某人/某事物) They all waved as they passed by. 他们经过时都挥手致意。
Will you be passing by the supermarket on your way home? 你回家的路上经过超级市场吗?
→ passerby b) pass somebody bySATISFIED if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it 发生但未影响某人 She felt that life was passing her by. 她觉得自己未受到生活的眷顾。
pass by• I want to call out bravely, the way little children in the countryside used to exclaim when we passed by.• It isn't something you could pass by and not notice.• It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.• Longest Night had passed by without incident, and Chater had not returned until mid-January. pass by (somebody/something)• I want to call out bravely, the way little children in the countryside used to exclaim when we passed by.• It isn't something you could pass by and not notice.• Three, in one form or another, are still in the budget bill passed by Congress and vetoed by President Clinton.• That day at the office seemed to pass by in an even more dreamlike fashion than usual.• It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.• Also, the House rejected a measure, passed by the Senate Tuesday, to reopen closed government offices.• But the positive interest of an agent is some guarantee that your work is not passing by unnoticed.• Longest Night had passed by without incident, and Chater had not returned until mid-January. pass somebody by• He ended up a bitter old man who felt that life had somehow passed him by.• Seize opportunities while you can -- don't let them pass you by.• Sometimes I feel that all the best things in life are passing me by. 31 pass something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v SEGIVEto give or teach something to people who are younger than you or live after you 把…传给后人;把…往下传be passed down (from somebody) to somebody The tradition has been passed down from father to son for generations. 这一传统由父传子,世代相传。
n Grammar Pass down is usually passive.
be passed down (from somebody) to somebody• These remedies have been passed down from generation to generation. 32 pass for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v SAMEif something passes for another thing, it is so similar to that thing that people think that is what it is 被看[当]成,被认为是 With my hair cut short, I could have passed for a boy. 我要是把头发剪短,或许会被当成男孩。
33 pass off phrasal verbphr v a) pass off well/badly etcWAY/MANNER if an event passes off well, badly etc, it happens in that way 进行顺利/不顺利等 The visit passed off without any serious incidents. 这次访问没有发生太大的意外。
b) pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing 把某人/某物冒充为… 假称某人/某物是… They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques. 他们收购旧家具,然后假称它们是值钱的古董。
He passed himself off as a doctor. 他谎称自己是医生。
pass somebody/something off as something• This is the kind of thing a man who passes himself off as a fashion consultant can be expected to know.• As a childless wife can only suffer, there would be no point in passing an intersexual off as a woman.• Though the doubt is really an expression of not-being-committed, it passes itself off as an excuse for not-committing.• Equally, it is an offence for a private company to pass itself off as being a public company and viceversa.• I wonder how many years unqualified people could pass themselves off as consultant thoracic surgeons, for example, without detection.• They tried to pass the crystals off as diamonds.• Anyone trying to pass these absurdities off as fiction would have been laughed out of Hollywood.• We could go in and pass ourselves off as invited guests by being brazen.• But what more could you expect from the bunch of monkeys trying to pass themselves off as judges?• The agents managed to pass themselves off as wealthy businessmen. 34 pass on phrasal verbphr v a) TELL pass something ↔ on to give someone a piece of information that someone else has given to you 把〔信息〕传给〔其他人〕pass something ↔ on to She said she’d pass the message on to the other students. 她说她会把消息传给其他学生。
b) pass something ↔ on i. MIGIVEto give something, especially a disease, to your children through your genes 把〔尤指疾病〕遗传给 ii. MIGIVEto give a slight illness to someone else 传染〔疾病〕 to One catches the virus and they pass it on to the rest. 一个人感染这种病毒,然后传染给其余的人。
c) pass something ↔ onBCOST to make someone else pay the cost of something 把〔费用〕转嫁pass something ↔ on to Any increase in our costs will have to be passed on to the consumer. 我们增加的任何成本都得转嫁给消费者。
d) to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 去世〔委婉说法〕 pass to• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• Margarett learned the turkey trot from her brother Frank and passed it on to Eddie.• If he survived, those patterns would become eternal, for his genes would pass them on to future generations.• Nobody passed it on to him.• He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.• Rumors come and go and we pass them on to the authorities.• He exuded confidence, and somehow passed that on to the wing.• Yet they passed on the same tradition to their daughters, who then passed it on to their daughters.
pass to• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• Margarett learned the turkey trot from her brother Frank and passed it on to Eddie.• If he survived, those patterns would become eternal, for his genes would pass them on to future generations.• Nobody passed it on to him.• He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.• Rumors come and go and we pass them on to the authorities.• He exuded confidence, and somehow passed that on to the wing.• Yet they passed on the same tradition to their daughters, who then passed it on to their daughters.
35 pass out phrasal verbphr v a) MIUNCONSCIOUSto become unconscious 昏过去,晕倒,失去知觉 I nearly passed out when I saw all the blood. 看到那么多血我差点昏过去。
c) pass something ↔ out to give something, such as books or papers, to everyone in a group 分发某物 SYN hand out, distribute pass out• When I first smoked a cigarette, I almost passed out.• I think the poor guy passed out. It looks like he's had a lot to drink. 36 pass over phrasal verbphr v a) pass somebody ↔ overBE if you are passed over for a job, someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than you is chosen for it 〔某项工作〕不考虑某人,跳过某人 This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me). 我这已经是第二次没有得到升职机会了。
n Grammar Pass over is usually passive in this meaning.
b) pass over somethingIGNORE if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it 〔谈话中〕忽略某事,对某事不加理会 I want to pass over this quite quickly. 这一点我想一带而过。
I think we’d better pass over that last remark. 我想我们最好不要理会最后那句话。
passed over for promotion• And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion, she said. 37 pass something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v NOT DO somethingto not make use of a chance to do something 放过[放弃,错过]〔机会〕pass up a chance/opportunity/offer I don’t think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university. 我觉得你不该放弃上大学的机会。
pass up a chance/opportunity/offer• I passed up chances for field goals just to give us a chance to work on that.• Benny wasn't going to pass up an opportunity like this.• To refuse a debate would be to pass up an opportunity to breathe a little new life into democracy.• It passes up a chance to learn and grow.