pastness

['pɑ:stnis]

n. 不复返; 不能重现

例句与用法：

It's ten past one.

现在是1点10分。

In the United States among women with jobs, eight out of ten drove a car to work, and eight percent took a vacation away from home during the past years.

在过去若干年，美国的职业妇女中，有80％是开汽车去上班的，有8％还离家去度过假。

Real incomes have gone up by 10% in the past year.

去年实际收入提高了10%.

If we wire into this job we shall be finished by half past ten.

如果我们抓紧干，10点半前就可以干完。

详细释义：

n.

不复返; 不能重现