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past
过去；昔日
核心释义
The time before now; events and experiences that have already happened.
- 1.
过去。
The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
- 2.
已经过去的时间
the time that has elapsed
- 3.
过去时态。
The past tense.
- 4.
某人过去的秘密经历
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
- 5.
表示过去动作或状态的动词时态
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
过去时；往事；不光彩的经历；过去。；已经过去的时间；过去时态。
用法In use
We cannot change the past, but we can learn from it.
用法提示：名词，指已经过去的时间
She refused to talk about her past with anyone.
用法提示：名词，指某人过去的秘密经历
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
用法提示：名词，指已经过去的时间
forget the past
reporters dug into the candidate's past
in the past
用作时间状语，常与一般过去时连用，与 now、in the future 相对。
In the past, most people worked on farms.
在过去，大多数人都在农场干活。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- in the past
- 在过去
- In the past, people wrote letters by hand.在过去，人们用手写信。
- a thing of the past
- 已成往事；过时的事物
- Film cameras are a thing of the past.胶片相机已成为过去。
- dwell on the past
- 沉湎于过去
- Don't dwell on the past; look ahead.不要沉湎于过去，要向前看。
- a man with a past
- 有过去（多指不光彩经历）的人
- She discovered her husband was a man with a past.她发现丈夫过去有过不光彩的经历。
- the distant past
- 遥远的过去
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
past 与 passed 同音，'已过去(的时间)'即 past；把 passed 想成 pass 的过去式，记住 past 指'过去'。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话中谈论往事、语法课上讲解过去时态、书面叙事或历史介绍 作为名词表示“过去”时，属于中性常用词，口语和书面语都适用；在语法教学里也可指“过去时态”。通常不带强烈语体色彩，多用于一般交流或正式叙述。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常与定冠词the连用（the past）；表示'某人过去的秘密经历'时可用不定冠词a（a past）
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ast (cast, fast, last, vast) rhyme with 'past' in American English: /æst/. 'Passed' is a homophone of 'past' but is spelled with -assed. Beware of 'paste' (/peɪst/), which looks similar but has a different vowel sound.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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