passing是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If something is said in passing, it is said while talking about something else and is not the main subject of a conversation. -- 順便，附帶地

  • When asked if he had told the police about the incident, Mr Banks said he had mentioned it in passing to a detective. 被問及是否已將此事告知警方時，班克斯先生說他曾向一位偵探順便提過。

• 1 the process of time passing -- （時間的）流逝，過去

  • My parents seem to have mellowed with the passing of the years. 隨著歲月的流逝，我父母似乎變得心平氣和了。

  • Ten years after her death, the public still mourns her passing. 她死去十年後，人們仍在為她的去世感到悲痛。

  • the passing of the old year 舊的一年的流逝

• 2 moving past -- 路過的，經過的

  • A passing motorist stopped and gave her a lift to the nearby town. 一名路過的汽車司機停下來，把她送到了附近的鎮上。

• 3 lasting only for a short time and not important or complete -- 短暫的，一時的

  • I gave the restaurant a passing glance as I walked by, but I didn't notice who was in there. 走過這家餐館時我瞟了一眼，但沒有注意到誰在裡面。

  • The matter is only of passing scientific interest. 這東西的科學意義只是暫時的。

  • The situation seems to become more hopeless with each/every passing day. 日子一天天過去，局勢似乎越來越無可救藥了。