pass up

見送る、断る

提示されたものや利用できる機会を、あえて受け入れずに見送る。

やさしい英語で： To choose not to accept or use something that is offered or available.

• Do not pass up this chance.
• She passed up a better job to stay near her family.
• Would you pass up a free holiday?

使い方： pass something up (I could not pass the offer up.)

類義語： turn down, decline, forgo

反対語： accept

よく使う表現： pass up something, pass up an opportunity, pass up a chance

上に渡す

自分より高い位置にいる人に物を渡す。

やさしい英語で： To give something to someone who is above you.

• Please pass up the hammer.
• She passed the box up to me on the ladder.
• Can you pass a clean towel up here?

使い方： pass something up to someone (Pass the bucket up to the worker on the ladder.)

類義語： hand up

反対語： hand down

よく使う表現： pass up something, pass something up, pass up the tools

提出する

課題や用紙を、しばしば列の人に順に渡して先生に提出する。

やさしい英語で： To give work or papers to a teacher, often by passing them along a row.

• Please pass up your homework.
• The students passed their tests up to the teacher.
• Have you passed up your assignment yet?

使い方： pass something up to someone (Please pass your worksheets up to the teacher.)

類義語： hand in, submit

よく使う表現： pass up homework, pass up your papers, pass something up