passport

复数：passports

1. [C]护照 a document which allows sb to travel from one country to another
2. [C]手段,保障 thing that enables one to achieve sth

• carry〔withhold〕 a passport持有〔扣留〕护照
• get〔obtain, procure〕 a passport得到护照
• issue a passport to给…签发护照
• travel with a passport带着护照旅行

• expired passport过期护照

• a passport to any society可在任何社会通行的护照

passport number护照号；护照号码

passport control护照检查处；入境检验；验护照

1. Show me your passport, please.
   请出示护照。
2. My passport has been transacted.
   我的护照已经办完了。
3. The police released him but, significantly, they didn't give him back his passport.
   警方释放了他，但是没有把护照还给他，这是有特殊用意的。
4. He views boxing as his passport out of poverty.
   他把拳击看作自己摆脱贫困的手段。
5. He thought that money was a passport to high society.
   他以为金钱是通往上流社会的手段。