【past音标】 英[pɑ:st] 美[pæst]
【单词释义】 past是什么意思：
adj.过去的，以前的；结束的；前任的
n.过去，过往；往事；[语]过去时
prep.晚于；超过，超出；远于；越过
adv.经过，超过
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] pasts
【past同音词】
passed v.通过；经过，走过；传递；批准；度过(pass的过去分词和过去式)
【past形近词/近似词】
blast n.爆炸，爆破；冲击波；爆炸声 v.炸毁，爆破；炸开
last n.末尾；最后 adj.最近的；最后的 adv.最后 vi.持续；持久
vast adj.巨大的；广阔的
bombast n.[U]浮夸的言语，大话；夸大的言辞 adj. 夸大的
mast n.桅杆；栓柱；橡树果实 vt.在…上装桅杆
cast v. 铸造；掷，投
【常用短语】
in the past 在过去
【单词例句】
◇ She tried to think of something to do,but it was a hot day and she felt very sleepy and stupid.She was still sitting and thinking when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran past her.
她想找点什么事儿做做，可天气很热，她觉得又因又无聊。正坐在那儿想事，忽然，一只长着粉红眼睛的白兔跑过她身边。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ In past times there were a king and a queen, who said every day, "Oh, if only we had a child!" but they never received one.
以前，有个国王和王后一直没有孩子，因此，他们日夜期盼能有一个孩子。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ One morning she danced past a door which she well knew. Within sounded a psalm; a coffin, decked with flowers, was borne forth.
有一天早晨她跳过一个很熟识的门口。里面有唱圣诗的声音，人们抬出一口棺材，上面装饰着花朵。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ 'Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, whereas there has been an increasing prevalence of skipping breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people skipping breakfast every day,' the authors write.
“人们认为早餐是一天中的重要一餐，而在美国，过去50年间，不吃早餐的现象越来越普遍，多达23.8%的年轻人每天都不吃早餐，”报告的作者们写道。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ A company is going to expect that mistakes will be made at one time or another and they want to understand what sort of trouble you might have caused in the past.
公司认为，员工总会有犯错误的时候，他们想知道你在过去曾造成过什么麻烦。
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ This seems obvious, but wearing clothing that is loose rather than tight allows air to flow past the skin.
这一条似乎显而易见，比起穿紧身的衣服，宽松的衣服可以使空气在皮肤上流动。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ Plastic has become one of the world's most popular materials, combining amazing functionality and very low production costs. Its use has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
塑料制品应用广泛、造价低廉，在世界各地都广受人们欢迎。过去五十年中，塑料使用量增长了20倍，并且有望在接下来的20年里再翻一番。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ "A lot of this aligns with what past research on energy and productivity tells us," says John Trougakos, an associate professor of organisational behaviour at the University of Toronto in Canada.
加拿大多伦多大学组织行为副教授约翰-特劳加科斯说：“大多数调查结果和之前关于精力和工作效率的调查一致。”
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ They had made the decision together,to do or die...to do and die. These two who had lived for and in each other's dreams these past forty years.
接受手术或是等死？接受手术能免一死吗？这对四十年来朝朝相伴，暮暮相守，心心相印，你中有我、我中有你的伴侣，在这生死攸关之际，他们做出了关乎生死的决定。
---- To Love Enough