good, not to any individual person but to a country.他决心为国家而不是为任何个人做好事。Some people claim that the individual rights are more important than the public interests as a whole.有些人声称个人利益比公众利益更重要。What I admire most is that my sister has an individual style of arranging her hair.我最羡慕姐姐的是她梳的发型很有个性。
4、passed, past
passed是动词pass的过去式和过去分词，当它用作分词，修饰某个名词时，有强调该名词的意味。例如：On our way home we passed through a picturesque village.在回家的路上，我们经过了一个风景如画的村子。I consider that the days passed in this way are memorable.我认为以这种方式度过的日子是值得纪念的。
past不能用作动词，但可以用作介词，副词，名词和形容词。作形容词时，既可放在所修饰名词的前面作定语，也可用作连系动词be的表语。例如：In the past, only men had a vote.过去只有男子才有选举权。He dashed forward, paying no attention to the bullets that whizzed past him.他冲向前去，不顾耳边飞过的枪弹。During the past few days, many visitors have flocked into the town.在过去的几天当中，许多参观者涌入城里。Those times are past.那样的时代过去了。注意：当past作形容词，其前面有定冠词时，past放在所修饰的名词之前；没有定冠词时，past放在所饰的名词之后。试比较下面的短语：for the past few months 过去的几个月
高考必背英语词汇讲座 P4
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