passing

noun

/ˈpɑːsɪŋ/

/ˈpæsɪŋ/

[uncountable]Idioms

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the passing of time/the years the process of time going by（時間、歲月的）流逝，推移
- The colour of the wood darkens with the passing of time.木頭的顔色随日久而變深。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- untimely
verb + passing
- lament
- mourn
- mark
- …
phrases
- the passing of the years
- the passing of time
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(formal) the fact of something ending or of somebody dying（事物的）結束，消亡；（人的）亡故，逝世
- When the government is finally brought down, no one will mourn its passing.當政府最終垮台，將不會有人爲它的消亡而悲哀。
- the passing of the old year (= on New Year’s Eve)除夕日
- Many will mourn her passing (= her death, when you do not want to say this directly).很多人將會爲她的過世而悲傷。
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- Few will mourn his passing.沒有什麽人會爲他的去世而悲傷。
- Her death marks the passing of an era.她的去世標志着一個時代的結束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- untimely
verb + passing
- lament
- mourn
- mark
- …
phrases
- the passing of the years
- the passing of time
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the passing of something the act of making something become a law（法律等的）通過
- the passing of a resolution/law決議／法律的通過
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Idioms

in passing

done or said when your main focus is something different 順便；随便synonym casually
- He only mentioned it in passing and didn't give any details.他只是随口提及而已，並沒有談任何細節。

adjective

/ˈpɑːsɪŋ/

/ˈpæsɪŋ/

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lasting only for a short period of time and then disappearing 暫時的；瞬間的synonym brief
- a passing phase/thought/interest過渡階段；一閃念；一時之興
- He makes only a passing reference to the theory in his book (= it is not the main subject of his book).他在書中對這個理論只是一筆帶過。
- She bears more than a passing resemblance to (= looks very like) your sister.她酷似你姐姐。
- This was the album that confirmed once and for all that rap music was no passing fad.這張專輯一勞永逸地證實了說唱音樂不是一時的時尚。
going past經過的；過往的
- the noise of passing cars過往車輛的嘈雜
- I was forced to ask passing strangers for money.我被迫向路過的陌生人要錢。
going by in time經過的；過往的
- I love him more with each passing day.随着時間的流逝，我越發愛他了。
passing grade/mark (North American English) a mark that achieves the required standard in an exam, a test, etc.（考試、測驗等）及格的Topics Educationc1