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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

过去 [guòqù]
  1. 1. noun the past
    他比过去胖多了。
    He weighs a lot more than he used to.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

过去 [guòqù]
  1. 1. (in or of) the past; formerly; previously; get by; go by
    这个地方过去流行的一些疾病已经基本消除。
    Diseases formerly prevalent here have been mostly eradicated.
    过去我没见过他。
    I have never seen him before.
  2. 2. go over; pass by
    一辆公共汽车刚过去
    A bus has just passed by.
    你在这里等着,我过去看看。
    You wait here, I'll go over and see.
  3. 3. used after a verb to indicate motion away from the speaker
    一只燕子飞过去了。
    A swallow flew past.
    把车开过去
    Drive the car over (there).
  4. 4. used after a verb to indicate turning away from the speaker
    先别把这一页翻过去
    Don't turn over the page yet.
  5. 5. used after a verb to indicate a departure from the normal state
    病人晕过去了。
    The patient has fainted.
  6. 6. adjective past

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

过去 [guòqù]
  1. 1. 指以前的时期;也指以前的事情
    忘记过去就意味着背叛。
  2. 2. 离开说话人所在地向另一地点移动
    刚刚过去一辆班车。
  3. 3. 表示曾经历过某个阶段
    半年过去了,工作才走上正轨。
  4. 4. 表示某个时期、某种状况已经消失
    最困难的时期已经过去了。
  5. 5. 婉词,指人死亡(后面要加"了")
    还没送到医院,人就过去了。
  6. 6. 用在动词后。a)表示人或物随动作从一处到另一处
    把东西扔过去
    汽车开过去
  7. 7. b)表示物体随动作改变方向
    把脸转过去
    把这一页翻过去
  8. 8. c)表示失去原来的正常状态
    病人昏迷过去了。
  9. 9. d)表示事情通过或动作完毕
    这点小事,说过去就算了。

Examples

骑兵分三路包抄过去
The cavalry closed in on the enemy in a three-pronged attack.
悲惨的过去
the bitter past
把脸背过去
turn one's face away
忘记过去就意味着背叛。
Forgetting the past means betrayal.
想想过去,比比现在
recall the past and contrast it with the present
刚才有一拨子队伍从这里过去了。
A group of soldiers passed by just now.
他擦着我的肩膀走过去了。
He brushed past me.
过去满目苍凉的乡村,现在已经完全变了样。
The once desolate countryside has changed entirely.
他操刀就砍了过去
He grabbed a knife and struck with it.
你侧着身就能挤过去
You can squeeze through sideways.

Collocations

过去的事
the old times
过去的工作
work done; previous work
回想过去
to think back on something
成为过去
to have become history
我的过去
my past
过去到现在
from the past to now
过去看看
to go over and have a look
过去
to have just left
过去
to send something over
过去
to fly to somewhere
过去
to turn one's back to someone
过去
to turn around
过去
to turn over
昏迷过去
to pass out
过去
to faint
蒙混过去
to successfully deceive someone
敷衍过去
to walk through
过去
to cheat sb
忽略过去
ignore it

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过去的“去”的声调。我老师以前说名词"past"...


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