| 单词 | to pass up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass up to pass up Originally U.S. transitive. To renounce or forgo (an opportunity, prospect, etc.); to reject on the terms offered. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > decline to receive or accept forsakea800 refusec1400 renayc1400 repelc1443 reject1532 disavow1579 balk1587 deny1590 disaccept1647 to pass up1896 to turn down1900 1896 G. Ade Artie xii. 112 Well, I guess I'll pass up the whole thing. 1906 H. D. Pittman Belle of Bluegrass Country vii. 108 ‘I know’, he continued, ‘when I've got enough. I pass this little town up.’ 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xi. 188 And those jewels? You're really going to pass them up? 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 July (1970) 175 When Lyndon insisted that I go over to the Scharnhorst Ranch with him, it was one last chance that I couldn't pass up. 1976 Daily Tel. 26 Oct. 17/1 He had passed up a job offer with a large accounting firm to cruise the South Seas. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Apr. d6/4 The gumbo of the day, with andouille, duck and tasso ham, sounded too good to pass up. < as lemmas |
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