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past noun 1time before the present 过去ADJECTIVE | VERB + PAST | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEimmediate, recent 刚刚过去的时间；不久以前ancient, dim and distant (BrE) , distant, remote 久远的过去；模糊遥远的过去；遥远的过去◆Many modern festivals can be traced back to an ancient past.现代的很多节日都可以追溯到久远的过去。◆It all happened in the distant past.所有的一切都发生在遥远的过去。VERB + PASTcling to, live in, relive 留恋／生活在／回味过去◆We're going to have to stop living in the past and invest in new technology if the company is to survive.要想公司生存下去，我们就不能再沉湎于过去，而必须投资开发新技术。reconstruct, recreate 重现过去◆Archaeology provides us with tools for reconstructing the past.考古为我们提供了还原历史的工具。erase, forget 抹掉／忘记过去belong in, belong to 属于过去◆Those memories belong to the past and I don't want to think about them.那些记忆属于过去，我不愿意再去回想了。PREPOSITIONfrom the past 从过去◆Memories from the past came flooding back to him.过去的记忆如潮水般涌现。in the past 在过去◆I admit that I have made mistakes in the past.我承认我以前犯过错误。into the past 到过去◆events stretching back many years into the past回溯到很多年前的事件of the past 过去的◆great artists of the past往昔伟大的艺术家PHRASESbe all in the past 一切都已过去◆Don't worry about it－it's all in the past now.不要再为之担心了，现在一切都过去了。a break with the past 和过去的决裂◆In an effort to make a complete break with the past, she went to live in Morocco.为了能彻底忘掉过去，她去摩洛哥居住了。a glimpse of the past 对过去的一瞥◆The uncovering of the buried town gives us a unique glimpse of the past.对这个埋在地下的城镇的挖掘让我们对过去有了一点儿特别的认识。a link with the past 和过去的联系◆The old market is a living link with the past, unchanged for hundreds of years.这个老市场数百年来没有变化，是追忆旧时岁月的活化石。nostalgia for the past 怀旧之情a thing of the past 不复存在◆a new device that makes such problems a thing of the past使这类问题不复存在的新装置 |