past怎么读：英式读音为[pɑːst]，美式读音为[pæst]。past可作形容词、名词、介词以及副词，基本含义有“过去的”、“以往的”、“昔日”、“晚于”、“到另一侧”、“超过”、“经过”、“逝去”等。
past的中文意思及用法介绍
1、作为形容词时，译为过去的;昔日的;刚过去的;刚结束的;从前的;以往的。
例句：The time for discussion is past.
讨论的时间已过。
I haven't seen much of her in the past few weeks.
近几周来我很少见到她。
From past experience I'd say he'd probably forgotten the time.
根据过去的经验，我想他可能把时间忘了。
I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help...
根据过去的经验，我知道替代疗法可能有用。
2、作为名词时，译为过去;昔日;过去的事情;(某人)过去的经历(或事业)。
例句：I used to go there often in the past.
过去我常去那里。
We don't know anything about his past.
我们对他的过去一无所知。
3、作为介词时，译为晚于;在…之后;在另一边;到另一侧;多于;超过。
例句：It was past midnight when we got home.
我们到家已是午夜之后了。
We live in the house just past the church.
我们就住在挨着教堂那边的房子里。
Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.
失业人口现在已超过了300万大关。
It's ten past eleven...
现在是11点过10分。
4、作为副词时，译为从一侧到另一侧;经过;(时间)过去，逝去。
例句：I called out to him as he ran past.
他跑过时，我大声喊他。
A week went past and nothing had changed.
一个星期过去了，情况毫无变化。
She had started to delve into her father's distant past.
她开始探究她父亲久已逝去的岁月。
