past

過去

今より前の時間や、その間に起きたこと。

やさしい英語で： The time before now, including things that happened then.

• Life was different in the past.
• She rarely talks about her past.
• We learned from mistakes made in the recent past.

使い方： in the past (People travelled more slowly in the past.)

類義語： earlier times, bygone days

反対語： future, present

よく使う表現： in the past, distant past, recent past, remember the past

過去形

今より前に起きたことを表す動詞の形。

やさしい英語で： A verb form used to talk about things that happened before now.

• Use the past in this sentence.
• We practised the simple past today.
• What is the past of “bring”?

使い方： the past of a verb (The past of “go” is “went”.)

類義語： past tense

よく使う表現： simple past, past of something, in the past

過去の、この前の

つい最近過ぎた期間を指す。

やさしい英語で： Referring to a period of time that has just gone by.

• The past week has been busy.
• We have moved twice in the past year.
• Have you seen her during the past few days?

類義語： last, previous

反対語： next, coming

よく使う表現： past week, past year, past few days

過ぎた、終わった

すでに終わっている、またはもう起きていない。

やさしい英語で： Already finished or no longer happening.

• The danger is past now.
• Those difficult days are long past.
• When the worst was past, we began repairing the house.

類義語： over, finished, ended

反対語： ongoing

よく使う表現： danger is past, trouble is past, long past

通り過ぎて

人や物のそばを通り、その先へ進んで。

やさしい英語で： Moving by someone or something and continuing beyond them.

• A bus went past.
• He walked past without saying hello.
• Did you see the bird fly past?

類義語： by

よく使う表現： walk past, drive past, go past, rush past

の前を通って、のそばを通って

人や物の前やそばを通って、さらに進むことを表す。

やさしい英語で： By the side of someone or something, while moving further along.

• Walk past the shop.
• We drove past your house yesterday.
• A cat ran past me and disappeared.

使い方： past someone/something (She walked past me without stopping.)

類義語： by

よく使う表現： past the door, walk past something, drive past someone

を過ぎて、を超えて

場所、時刻、数量などの基準を過ぎていることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Further than a place, point, time, or amount.

• It is ten past six.
• Their house is just past the bridge.
• The spending has gone past our agreed limit.

使い方： past a time/place/limit (We stayed up past midnight.)

類義語： beyond

よく使う表現： past midnight, half past ten, past the limit, past the bridge

の段階を過ぎて

何かをする、感じる能力や意欲がある段階をすでに過ぎている。

やさしい英語で： No longer able or willing to do or feel something.

• I’m past caring now.
• By midnight, she was past feeling hungry.
• He was past hoping for an apology.

使い方： be past doing something (I’m past worrying about what they think.)

類義語： beyond

よく使う表現： past caring, past worrying, past hope