pass可作名词和动词,作“通过,经过,穿过”时,既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作不及物动词时常和副词搭配使用;用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。作“传递”时,只用作及物动词,可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
1.通过;走过
如:I hailed a passing taxi.
我招呼了一辆路过的出租车。
2.沿某方向前进;向某方向移动
如:The procession passed slowly along the street.
队伍沿街缓缓行进。
3.给;递;传递
如:Pass that book over.
请把那本书递过来。
4.(球类运动) 传球
如:Why do they keep passing back to the goalie?
他们为什么总是把球回传给守门员?
5.转移给,遗留给(继承人等)
如:On his death, the title passed to his eldest son.
他死后,封号传给长子。
6.(数量) 大于;超过
如:Unemployment has now passed the three million mark.
失业人口现已突破三百万大关。
7.转变;变化;过渡
如:She had passed from childhood to early womanhood.
她已由孩童变成青年女子。
8.及格;合格
如:I'm not really expecting to pass first time.
我真不指望第一次就能合格。