一、past用作形容詞
1、用作定語(yǔ) ～+ n.
For the past few days he has been ill.
幾天以來(lái)他一直生病。
These things happened in the past years.
這些事情都發(fā)生在過(guò)去的年代里。
2、用作表語(yǔ) S+be+～
Winter is past.
冬天已經(jīng)過(guò)去了。
The Second World War was past.
第二次世界大戰(zhàn)已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。
二、past用作名詞
The past is past.Let us look ahead.
過(guò)去的事已成過(guò)去,讓我們向前看吧。
We cannot undo the past.
我們無(wú)法挽回過(guò)去的事。
三、past用作介詞
The time is ten minutes past eight.
現(xiàn)在是8點(diǎn)10分。
Summer is past its full.
盛夏已過(guò)。
四、past用作副詞
A car ran past at full speed.
一輛汽車(chē)以全速駛過(guò)。
Children came running past.
孩子們跑了過(guò)去。