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P0098300 (păs′ĭng)adj.1. Moving by; going past: The child waved to the passing cars.2. Of brief duration; transitory: a passing fancy.3. Cursory or superficial; casual: a passing glance.4. Allowing one to pass a test, course of study, inspection, or examination; satisfactory: a passing grade.5. Archaic Extreme or great; surpassing: "'Tis a passing shame" (Shakespeare).adv. Very; surpassingly: "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange" (Walker Percy).n.1. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed: the passing of another summer.2. A place where or a means by which one can pass.3. Death.Idiom: in passing While going by; incidentally.

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1.in passing - incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing"en passant

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(paːs) verb1. to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc). I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.经过2. to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another. They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son. 相传，传递 3. to go or be beyond. This passes my understanding.超出4. (of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake. The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.超过5. to spend (time). They passed several weeks in the country.度过6. (of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve. The government has passed a resolution.批准7. to give or announce (a judgement or sentence). The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.宣布8. to end or go away. His sickness soon passed.消失9. to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc). I passed my driving test. 通过，及格 noun1. a narrow path between mountains. a mountain pass.要隘2. a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building. You must show your pass before entering.通行证3. a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc. There were ten passes and no fails.及格4. (in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another. The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.传球ˈpassable adjective1. fairly good. a passable tennis player.合格的2. (of a river, road etc) able to be passed, travelled over etc. The mud has made the roads no longer passable.可通行的ˈpassing adjective1. going past. a passing car.经过的2. lasting only a short time. a passing interest. 一时的，短暂的 3. (of something said) casual and not made as part of a serious talk about the subject. a passing reference.顺便的ˌpasser-ˈby – plural ˌpassers-ˈby – noun a person who is going past a place when something happens. He asked the passers-by if they had seen the accident.过路人ˈpassword noun a secret word by which those who know it can recognize each other and be allowed to go past, enter etc. He was not allowed into the army camp because he did not know the password. 口令，暗号 in passing while doing or talking about something else; without explaining fully what one means. He told her the story, and said in passing that he did not completely believe it.顺便let (something) pass to ignore something rather than take the trouble to argue. I'll let that pass.放过pass as/for to be mistaken for or accepted as. Some man-made materials could pass as silk; His nasty remarks pass for wit among his admirers.被错认为pass away to die. Her grandmother passed away last night.去世pass the buck to give the responsibility or blame for something to someone else. She always passes the buck if she is asked to do anything.推卸责任给pass by to go past (a particular place). I was passing by when the bride arrived at the church; She passed by the hospital on the way to the library.从...旁而过pass off (of sickness, an emotion etc) to go away. By the evening, his sickness had passed off and he felt better.结束pass (something or someone) off as to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else). He passed himself off as a journalist.冒充为...pass on1. to give to someone else (usually something which one has been given by a third person). I passed on his message.把...传给2. to die. His mother passed on yesterday.去世pass out1. to faint. I feel as though I'm going to pass out.昏倒2. to give to several different people. The teacher passed out books to her class.散发pass over to ignore or overlook. They passed him over for promotion. 不注意，忽视 pass up not to accept (a chance, opportunity etc). He passed up the offer of a good job. 放过（机会等）

passed is the past tense of to pass: He passed the scene of the accident .
past means up to and beyond: She walked past the shops .

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