passports是什么意思？

passports

英['pa:spɔ:ts] 美['paspɔts]

• n. 护照( passport的名词复数 )，手段，保障；

例句

• Your passports expire. 你们的护照满期了。
• He scrutinised our passports. 他仔细查看我们的护照.
• He muddled up our passports and gave me back the wrong one. 他把我们的护照搞混了,把别人的发还给了我.
• Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the hold - all . 假护照是在手提箱的 暗袋 里发现的.
• They have been ordered to surrender their passports. 他们被要求出示护照。
• The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document... 士兵们已经夺走了平民的护照以及所有其他类型的证件。
• The distribution of passports has been a slow process. 颁发护照的过程非常缓慢。
• He admitted seven charges including forging passports... 他承认了7项罪名，其中包括伪造护照。

英语四级真题

A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past.
出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  护照
  Your passport is an official document containing your name, photograph, and personal details, which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
  例句
  You should take your passport with you when changing money. 兑换货币时应该带着护照。 ...a South African businessman travelling on a British passport. 持英国护照旅行的南非商人
• N-COUNT
  进身之阶；（获取成功或幸福的）途径，手段
  If you say that a thing is a passport to success or happiness, you mean that this thing makes success or happiness possible.
  例句
  Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves... 胜利将使他有机会获得自己梦寐以求的财富。 If the interview goes well it could be the passport to an exciting new career. 面试顺利的话，将获得令人兴奋的新工作。