pass over phrasal verbphr v a) pass somebody ↔ overBE if you are passed over for a job, someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than you is chosen for it 〔某项工作〕不考虑某人,跳过某人 This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me). 我这已经是第二次没有得到升职机会了。
n Grammar Pass over is usually passive in this meaning.
b) pass over somethingIGNORE if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it 〔谈话中〕忽略某事,对某事不加理会 I want to pass over this quite quickly. 这一点我想一带而过。
I think we’d better pass over that last remark. 我想我们最好不要理会最后那句话。
passed over for promotion• And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion, she said.
→ pass over at pass1(PHRASAL VERB)