| 释义 |
pass BrE /pɑːs/
NAmE /pæs/► SEE ALLcome to such a passcome to a pretty passlet sth passmake a pass at sbnot pass your lipspass the buckpass the hat round/aroundpass round/around the hatpass judgement (on/about sb/sth)pass musterpass the/your time (doing sth)pass the time of day (with sb)pass waterbe (like) ships that pass in the night
●come to such a ˈpass●come to a pretty ˈpass (old-fashioned or humorous) reach a sad or difficult state 陷于不妙（或困难）的境地；落到这步田地◆Things have come to a pretty pass when children are begging in the streets.
情况变得很糟，孩子们只好沿街乞讨。●let sth ˈpasspay no attention to sth that sb says or does because you think it is better not to argue about it or criticize it 放过；不理会◆He started saying terrible things about my mother again but I let it pass. It only makes things worse if I say something.
他又开始说我母亲的坏话，但我没有理会。如果我说什么，事情只会变得更糟。●make a ˈpass at sb (informal) make a direct approach to sb you are interested in sexually 勾引；挑逗；与…调情◆He can’t resist making a pass at every woman he meets.
他每见到一位女士，就忍不住和她调情。●not pass your ˈlips1. if words do not pass your lips, you say nothing 未说话；未开口2. if food or drink does not pass your lips, you eat or drink nothing 未入某人嘴；未进某人口◆He promised her that nothing would pass his lips before dinner.
他向她保证晚饭前绝不吃东西。●ˌpass the ˈbuck (informal) refuse to accept responsibility for a mistake, an accident, an important decision, etc. and try to get another person, organization, etc. to accept responsibility for it instead 推卸责任；把为难的事推给别人◆The same thing happens after every disaster. All the officials involved just try to pass the buck.
每次出了事都是这样，与此有牵连的官员只想推卸责任。 OPP the buck stops here ▸ ˈbuck-passing noun ◆The public is tired of all this political buck-passing. They just want to know who was responsible for the decision.
民众厌倦了这种政治上推卸责任的行为，他们只想知道谁该为这个决定负责。 ORIGIN The buck is a small object in a poker game that is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal. * buck （培克）是扑克牌戏中的庄家标志。●pass the ˈhat round/around●pass round/around the ˈhat (informal) collect money from a number of people, for example to buy a present for sb 凑钱；（为给某人买礼物等而）凑份子◆Anthony had his car radio stolen, so his friends passed the hat round and bought him a new one.
安东尼车上的收音机被偷了，朋友们凑份子给他买了一台新的。●pass ˈjudgement (on/about sb/sth) (especially BrE) (NAmE usually pass ˈjudgment (on/about sb/sth)) give your opinion about sb/sth, especially if this is critical 作评论（尤指批评）；评头论足◆Don’t be too quick to pass judgement, you’re not perfect yourself, you know.
别急着说三道四，要知道，你自己也不是完人。●pass ˈmusterbe good enough; be acceptable 能通过检阅；可以接受；还不错◆I didn’t think Charlie’s parents would like me, but evidently I pass muster.
我原以为查利的父母不会喜欢我，不过显然我被接受了。 ORIGIN Muster is the calling together of soldiers, sailors, etc. for inspection. If you pass muster, you pass the inspection without criticism. * muster 指集结士兵、海员等进行检阅。pass muster 指顺利通过检阅。●pass the/your ˈtime (doing sth)spend your time (doing sth), often while you are waiting for sth else （常指等待时）消磨时间◆They told each other jokes to pass the time while waiting for the next train.
在等下一趟火车时，他们互相讲笑话来打发时间。◆We passed our time making plans for the weekend.
我们提出各种周末计划来消磨时间。●pass the time of ˈday (with sb)greet sb and have a short conversation with them about things that are not very important （跟某人）打招呼，寒暄◆I don’t know any of the neighbours very well, only just enough to pass the the time of day.
我和邻居们都不熟，只是见面时寒暄几句而已。●pass ˈwater (formal) pass urine (= waste liquid) out of your body; urinate 排尿；小便；小解●be (like) ˌships that ˌpass in the ˈnight (informal) (of people 人) meet for a short time, by chance, and perhaps for the only time in your lives 邂逅相遇，萍水相逢（以后不再相遇）◆We met on a course in Spain and had a wonderful time together. But we both knew that we were just ships that pass in the night.我们在西班牙的旅途中相遇，共度了一段美好的时光。不过我们都知道我们就像夜晚里驶过的两条船，只是短暂地擦身而过。 ORIGIN This is from a poem by Longfellow: ‘Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,…’. 这个习语源于朗费罗的一首诗：“舟行于夜，擦身而别…”。 |