passage是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that connects places -- 过道，走廊

  • A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden. 一条狭窄的过道直接从房子通向花园。

  • The bathroom's on the right at the end of the passage. 浴室在走廊尽头的右边。

  • the nasal passages 鼻腔

  • the anal passage 肛道

• 1 a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work -- （文章的）段落；（音乐的）乐段

  • Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published. 该书出版前，书中有几段文章被登载在一份全国性的报纸上。

• 2 travel, especially as a way of escape -- 旅行；（尤指）转移

  • The gunman demanded a plane and safe passage to an unspecified destination. 持枪歹徒要求派飞机把他安全送到某个未指明的目的地。

  • He had booked his passage to Rio de Janeiro. 他订了去里约热内卢的船票。

• 3 an act of moving through somewhere -- 通过，穿过

  • Many meteors disintegrate during their passage through the atmosphere. 许多陨星在穿过大气层时会四分五裂。

  • The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory. 该政府禁止外国军队和飞机穿越其领土和领空。

• 4 the process of time going past -- 时间的流逝

  • Memories fade with the passage of time. 随着时间的流逝，记忆会慢慢褪去。

• 5 the official approval of something, especially a new law -- （尤指新法律的）通过

  • He again urged passage of a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion. 他再一次敦促通过一项宪法修正案，把人工流产定为非法。