| 釋義 |
pasta. gone by,over,existing no more,lost過(guò)去了,完了,不在了,逝去了。 △Lr.4.6.45(44): “Had he beenwhere he thought,/ By this had thought been past.”如果他真在他所想像的那一個(gè)地方,這時(shí)候他早就不會(huì)有什么思想了(又譯:他早就死了)。 △Oth.1.3. 202:“When remediesare past,the griefs are ended / By seeing the worst,”當(dāng)事情壞到了頭、無(wú)可挽救,也就不必悲愁。
pastprep. beyond. more than. greater than,beyondthe possibility of 超過(guò),多過(guò),大過(guò),絕無(wú)…之可能。 △ Rom.3.3.172(173):“a joy past joy”,一個(gè)超乎一切喜悅的喜悅。 △Rom.4.1.45: “past hope,past cure,pasthelp!”沒(méi)有希望,沒(méi)有補(bǔ)救,沒(méi)有挽回余地了! △Rom.4.1.47: “It strains me past the compass of my wits.”i.e.It forces me beyond the Iimits of my power to thinkclearly. 這件事逼到我的頭上,超越了我的思考能力(也想不出辦法)。 △Mid.4.1.211 (205):“I have had a dream,pastthe wit of man to say what dream it was.”我做了一個(gè)夢(mèng),人的智力沒(méi)法說(shuō)明那是什么樣的夢(mèng)。 △Mer.3.2.230(229):“past all saying nay,”不許說(shuō)一個(gè)“不”字;不由分說(shuō)。 △Lr.4.6.209(204):“A sight most pitiful in the mea-nest wretch,/ Past speaking of in a king!”最下賤的可憐蟲落到這般田地,也是頂叫人憐憫的了,何況一位國(guó)王,更不堪言說(shuō)了! △Oth.1.1.166 (165): “O,she deceives mePast thought!”唉,她騙得我想都想不到! △Oth.2.3.262(260):“Ay,past all surgery.”嗯,沒(méi)藥可救了。 △1H.IV.2.4.215(191):“Nay,that’s past praying for,”不,禱告也不濟(jì)事了。 △2H.VI.1.1. 117 (116): “For grief that they are past recovery;”因?yàn)檫@些地方再無(wú)收復(fù)可能而悲傷。 past cure is still past care: Beyond hope of cure is al-ways beyond care 既然無(wú)可救藥,就不必再為它操心。 △L.L.L.5.2.28: “Great reason: for,‘past cure isstill past care.”大有理由:因?yàn)椤皼](méi)救的事就不必再操心”。 |