in past years/centuries/ages
在过去的岁月╱世纪╱时代
in times past
在过去
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。
The past month has been really busy at work.
上个月工作实在是忙。
past events
以往的事件
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。
past and present students of the college
学院的老校友和在校生
Let's forget about who was more to blame─it's all past history .
咱们且忘掉更该责怪谁吧，那都是陈年旧账了。
I used to go there often in the past.
过去我常去那里。
the recent/distant past
最近的╱遥远的过去
She looked back on the past without regret.
她回首往事毫无遗憾。
Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past .
写信好像已是昔日的事情了。
We don't know anything about his past.
我们对他的过去一无所知。
They say she has a ‘past’(= bad things in her past life that she wishes to keep secret) .
据说她有一段“过去”（不名誉的秘史）。
half past two
两点半
ten (minutes) past six
六点过十分
There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour(= at 1.20, 2.20, etc.) .
每小时逢二十分发一班公共汽车。
We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past(= ten minutes past two) .
我们两点钟到达，十分钟后离开。
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。
He hurried past them without stopping.
他匆匆走过他们身边，连停都没停。
He just walked straight past us!
他与我们擦肩而过！
Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.
失业人数现在已超过了 300 万大关。
The flowers are past their best.
这些花已过了盛开的季节。
He's past his prime.
他已不再年富力强了。
She's long past retirement age.
她早已超过了退休年龄。
Honestly, I'm past caring what happens(= I can no longer be bothered to care) .
老实说，我已什么事都不关心了。
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。
1.刚过去的,上(月,星期等),前(...年)
2.过去的;完了的
3.前任的;曾任的;老练的
4.【语】过去(式)的
1.刚过去的,上(月,星期等),前(...年)
2.过去的;完了的
3.前任的;曾任的;老练的
4.【语】过去(式)的
1.过去,过去的事,往事
2.【语】过去时;(动词的)过去式
3.(不可告人的)过去的生活经历;可疑的经历
1.(时间)过...,(几点)多,(几岁)以上;通过,走过(某处)
2.(和人)错过去;(能力等的)超过
3.(行动等的)越过
1.过
1.“pass”的过去分词
1.As soon as I rounded the corner to go past the house, I saw this figure standing out in the cold rain with a sack in his hand.
当我转弯要开过他的房子时，我看到一个身影站在寒冷的雨中，手里拿着一个袋子。
2.To the world, to read and past, had not gone with the wind, has been deeply buried in the bottom of my heart.
耽于世事，而无暇念及的往事，原来没有随风而去，已深深地埋在心底。
3.Just like this, many years past, she had not got in touch with me at all.
就这样，一年又一年，很多年过去了，对方始终没跟我联系过。
4.The enemy will oftentimes try to trip you up in your walk with God by reminding you of your past.
在你与上主同行时，撒旦常常企图利用你的过去绊倒你。
5.THE scientific study of AIDS has dropped out of the headlines over the past year or two.
对艾滋病的科学研究在最近一两年没有上过新闻头条。
6.The same as The Evening, I do not know who first think of the festival, and do not know who the first Mid-Autumn Festival is in the past.
像张若虚一样，我不知道是谁第一个想起过中秋的，也不知道第一个中秋是哪些人在过。
7.We have a paper to get out on Sunday but it's been a fairly extraordinary circumstance over the past few days.
我们将在星期天出版一份报纸，但过去几天的情况非常不同寻常。
8.These gems have been scattered throughout the city for the past two weeks, giving New Yorkers a chance to put a little groove in their step.
在过去的两周时间，这些艺术的瑰宝在纽约城展览，给了纽约市民一个无限接近艺术的机会。
9.Integrating China into the international marketplace had been a goal of U. S. policy toward China for the past two decades.
泽奥利克说，促进中国融入国际市场是美国20年来一贯的对华政策目标。
10.We haven't had a computer for a couple of weeks but I have been able to read up on the "news behind the news" during the past two days.
我们两个星期没有一台电脑，但是在过去的两天中我已经能读到“新闻背后的新闻”。