| 词组 | pass on |
| 释义 | pass on 1. pass sth on • pass on sth to tell someone a piece of information that someone else has told you: ▪ If I get any news, I'll pass it on. ▪ I left a message with one of her colleagues, but it didn't get passed on. + to ▪ It was discovered that he had been passing secrets on to the Russians whilst working at the Pentagon. 2. pass sth on • pass on sth to give something, especially a disease or special quality to your children, so that they are born with it + to ▪ Older mothers have a higher risk of passing genetic disorders on to their children. ▪ Robin had been a pretty good football player in his youth - a talent that he seems to have passed on to his son. 3. pass sth on • pass on sth to give something such as land or a house to someone younger than you, especially your child, after your death + to ▪ Paul bought the land hoping that one day he could pass it on to his son. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hand down, ↑pass down, ↑leave to 4. pass on sth • pass sth on to teach a skill, knowledge, tradition etc to someone younger than you so that they will have it or know it too + to ▪ It is only natural for immigrant parents to pass on their native language to their children. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hand down 5. pass sth on • pass on sth to give an illness or disease to someone else: ▪ The infected person may suffer no ill health from his disease but is still capable of passing it on to others. ▪ There is no evidence that the virus can be passed on to another person through air or water. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑give, transmit formal 6. pass on to die - use this when you want to be very polite and avoid using the word 'die': ▪ Marty passed on before his grandchildren were born. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑die, ↑pass away 7. pass sth on • pass on sth to give something to someone else, after you have had it or finished with it first: ▪ Take a cookie and pass the rest on. |
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