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单词 to pass off
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to pass off
to pass off
1.
a. transitive. To put into circulation, promote, or market, esp. deceptively; to present or sell (someone else's work or property) as one's own. With for or (now more usually) as. Cf. passing off n. at passing n. Phrases 2b.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently
put1603
to bob off1605
to put off1612
impose1650
palm1679
sham1681
cog1721
slur1749
pawn1763
to play off1768
to pass off1799
to work off1813
to stall off1819
to fob off1894
1681 A. Behn 2nd Pt. Rover ii. Prol. Poets, like States-men, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange.
1739 T. C. Pagett Dialogue in Hudibrasticks 7 The modish Ware so quickly sold, One would have sworn 'twas made of Gold: Sure it must be more Luck than Sleight, To pass off Pinchbeck Ore for right.
1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 297 They might be tempted to pass off for their own what they pick up from others.
1845 C. Beavan Rep. Cases in Chancery VI. 66 A party will not, therefore, be allowed to use names, marks, letters, or other indiciæ by which he may pass off his own goods to purchasers as the manufacture of another person.
1884 Law Times Rep. 51 222/2 The applicants..pass off their goods for those of the Baron de Geer.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 233/1 Wines from the Palatinate which under their own names would not sell out of Germany are often passed off as hocks.
1972 T. A. White & R. Jacob Kerly's Law of Trade Marks (ed. 10) xvi. 362 The question whether the use of particular words or badges is calculated to pass off the defendant's goods as those of the plaintiff is often one of difficulty.
1990 A. Kernan Death of Lit. vii. 170 Image makers pass off mediocrity for genius.
b. transitive. To cause (a person) to appear as or be accepted for someone else. Chiefly reflexive: to assume a false character or false identity as.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (reflexive)]
feign1297
abuse?a1439
counterfeit1610
personate1710
to pass off1770
to hold out1829
to work off1894
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)] > lay claim to, personate > cause to
personate1594
simulate1652
to pass off1770
1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. p.xx He passed them [sc. Gauls] off for prisoners from Germany.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 257 He passed himself off for my servant.
1871 S. Smiles Character vi. 181 He does not seek to pass himself off as richer than he is.
1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair I. i. 3 A child still young enough to be passed off as a child in arms.
1945 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 9 Nov. 10/3 He..attempted to pass himself off as an ordinary soldier of the Wehrmacht.
2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xv. 352 Charlotte..has no difficulty passing herself off as a goy.
2.
a. intransitive. To fall into disuse; to cease gradually to exist; to elapse.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist
tirec725
endOE
forfareOE
goc1175
fleec1200
to wend awayc1225
diea1240
to-melta1240
to pass awaya1325
flit1340
perishc1350
vanisha1375
decorre1377
cease1382
dispend1393
failc1400
overshakec1425
surcease1439
adrawc1450
fall1523
decease1538
define1562
fleet1576
expire1595
evanish1597
extinguish1599
extirp1606
disappear1623
evaporatea1631
trans-shift1648
annihilate1656
exolve1657
cancela1667
to pass off1699
to burn out, forth1832
spark1845
to die out1853
to come, go, etc. by the board1859
sputter1964
1699 T. Forrester Rev. & Exam. Scripture-grounds i. 10 in Hierarchical Bishops Claim Their office was extraordinary, and passed off like that of the Apostles with that first infant state and exigence of the Church.
1728 J. Thomson Spring 2 And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the North, and calls his ruffian Blasts.
1861 F. W. Headland Med. Handbk. 160 Remittent fever instead of intermitting at distinct periods, passes off after a variable time, and then recurs.
1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood vii. 133 Love does exist... All I know is it passes off.
b. intransitive. Of a vapour or other substance: to leave or come away from, esp. by evaporation. Also figurative. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or gradually (of things)
to-glidea1000
atslip?c1225
atslikec1400
to pass off1708
cut1836
silt1863
1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion i. 131 The Water passes off thro' the Pores or Excretory Ducts of the Plant.
1794 J. MacPhail Treat. Culture Cucumber 92 A little air was given to it to let the steam pass off.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 166 Openings, which allow the smoke to pass off into a low bell-chimney.
1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 354/3 With proper heat, the liquid portion of their food, probably passes off in the form of vapor, leaving the more solid part as fæces.
1876 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. 565 The cold lid re-condenses the vapour, which would otherwise escape with the nitrous fumes that pass off by the pipe.
1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) i. 38 Positively charged silver ions pass off, leaving the metal with a negative charge.
1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 106 The spiritual part of the being passes off like a scum, leaves absolutely no evidence or trace of its passage.
3. intransitive. Of a proceeding, social event, etc.: to be carried through and completed. Usually with modifying adverb or adjunct, expressing degree of success.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > go or proceed
yernc900
proceed?a1439
to pass off1752
the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] > be carried out
to take placea1464
stand1488
to pass off1752
to rub off1784
to come off1826
1752 C. Lennox Female Quixote II. vii. ii. 127 Day's Journey passed off, without any Accident worthy relating.
1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) vi. 141 Our day pass'd off very well—no awkwardness or unpleasantness of any kind.
1847 J. M. Hollingsworth Jrnl. 12 June (1923) 29 Gave the people here a splendid ball. Every thing passed of [sic] well.
1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/3 The Labour Demonstrations throughout Europe yesterday passed off on the whole more peaceably than was anticipated.
1995 Independent 11 Oct. 2/3 We are quite confident this will pass off without trouble.
4. transitive. To ward off or deal with (a remark, threat, etc.) lightly, glibly, or humorously.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > treat with evasion
to put by1618
to put off1630
stave1646
parry1687
to pass off1811
to stall off1819
to stand off1871
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ix. 195 Instead of an enquiry, she passed it off with a smile. View more context for this quotation
1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. xi. 238 The young man passed off lightly all such reference.
1938 S. Rosenzweig in H. A. Murray Explor. in Personality vi. 587 He..will pass off the frustration as lightly as possible.
1992 B. Adams Brought to Book 91 The tarot card..could have been passed off as a sick joke.
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