英単語

pastの意味・使い方・発音

past

英 [pɑːst] 美 [pæst]
  • n. 過去; 過去の出来事
  • adj.
  • prep.
  • adv.

語源


過去 過去

passの過去分詞から。

英語の語源


past
past: [13] Past originated simply as a variant spelling of passed, the past participle of pass. The earliest unequivocal examples of it are as a preposition, but its adjectival use followed in the 14th century, and by the 16th century it was being employed as a noun too (the past).
=> pass
past (adj.)
c. 1300, "done with, over," from past participle of passen "go by" (see pass (v.)). Past participle is recorded from 1798; past tense from 1813.
past (n.)
"times gone by," 1580s, from past (adj.).

例文


1. I must have driven past that place thousands of times.
私は何千回も車でそこを通らなければなりません。

2.When Myra told Karp she 'd expose his past ,he blew up.
マイラがカープに彼の過去をすべてさらけ出すと言った時、カープは大いに光った。

3.They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.
彼らが船のそばに着く間もなく、人影が彼らのそばを駆け抜けた。

4.In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.
彼は過去に多くの女優や女性小説家といちゃついたことがある。

5.Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.
は15番州間道路に沿って北へ進み、バストを過ぎると出口から出る。

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