The past is past.Let us look ahead.过去的事已成过去,让我们向前看吧。
Here was the royal residences in the past.过去,这儿是王室住宅。
We cannot undo the past.我们无法挽回过去的事。

用作定语
▲～+n.
 For the past few days he has been ill.几天以来他一直生病。
These things happened in the past years.这些事情都发生在过去的年代里。
He is the past vice-president.他就是前任副总统。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
 His prime is past.他的青春已经不复存在了。
Winter is past.冬天已经过去了。
The Second World War was past.第二次世界大战已经结束了。

A car ran past at full speed.一辆汽车以全速驶过。
Children came running past.孩子们跑了过去。
The years went past.岁月流逝。

［同义词］ adj.  ancient, early, finished, recent n.  history, old times prep.  by, beyond, through
［反义词］ adj. coming, future, later, present n.  future, now, present
［词源］＜中古英语past(经过,过去的)

past it
失去原有的效用〔精力〕too old to be effective
At 70 he's finally realized he's getting past it.他到了70岁终于意识到自己不中用了。

The time is ten minutes past eight.现在是8点10分。
Summer is past its full.盛夏已过。
Dancing was kept up till past two.舞会一直开到两点以后。
The hospital is about a mile past the school.医院在离学校一英里以外的地方。
The village is past the bus stop.公共汽车站过去一点就是村庄。
They went past the department store.他们从百货公司的旁边经过。
He set store on her past everything.他把她看得比什么都重。
It is past my ability.这是我力所不及的。
The hairs on his chin are not past five or six.他下巴上的毛最多也不过五六根。
The child can't count past 20.这孩子不能数过20。

past, after, to
这三个词均可表示钟点。表示在30分钟之内时可以用after或past,但前者一般用于美式英语,而后者在美式英语和英式英语中通用; 在表示超过30分钟时要用to,其后接下一个钟点。