pass on

柯林斯詞典

pass on (passing,passed,passes)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you pass something on to someone, you give it to them so that they have it instead of you. 傳給

  The winner is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities. 獲勝者將把錢捐給幾個她最喜歡的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。

  The late governor passed on much of his fortune to his daughter. 已故州長把財產(chǎn)的大部分傳給了他的女兒。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB You can say that someone passed on to mean that they died, if you want to avoid using the word "die" because you think it might upset or offend people. 去世

  He passed on at the age of 72. 他72歲時去世。

• 3. →see also pass

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