单词 | passed-over |
释义 | > as lemmaspassed-over passed-over n. and adj. (a) n. (with the and plural agreement) a group of people that have been passed over or overlooked as a class; (in plural) people who have been passed over; (b) adj. that has been passed over or overlooked. ΚΠ 1846 Times 13 Nov. 6/4 Your obedient humble servant; and, in your own phrase, a subaltern of Picton's Division, and one of the passed over. 1909 Daily Chron. 5 May 9/1 As a single woman..I feel I can maintain an impartial standpoint, possible neither to the passed-over or those who have taken what they could get. 1997 A. Roberts in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) v. 312 The usual pathetic collection of fascist fanatics, passed-over civil servants and ambitious malcontents. 2001 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 15 Apr. c6 Inexperienced players, has-beens and passed-overs tend to play beyond expectations when they become Yankees. < as lemmas |
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