pass off

英語

動詞

pass off (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 passes off，現在分詞 passing off，一般過去時及過去分詞 passed off)

1. 〈不及物〉 發生，進行

   The millennium passed off without any disasters.

   這一千年沒有發生什麼災難就過去了。

2. 〈及物〉 把……交給……
   • 2015. Off the Rim. Sonya Spreen Bates.

     He turned and passed it off to number 23, who dribbled a couple of times and passed it to number 61.

3. (及物, 反身) 歪曲

   He tried to pass off the imitation Rolex as genuine.

   他嘗試把這隻仿冒的勞力士說成是真貨。

   This goat has been passed off as a lamb.

   這隻山羊被假冒成羔羊。

4. （逐漸）減少
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55

     I have had a few aches and pains lately and a little fever, but that's nothing; it will pass off.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     I know, too, that ever since he lost his leg last voyage by that accursed whale, he’s been a kind of moody—desperate moody, and savage sometimes; but that will all pass off.