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.