来自passe,过去的，来自法语passer的过去分词形式，词源同pass.原指女人青春不再，后引申词义过时，陈旧。

1. He was a fine actor but he's a bit passe now.

他曾是优秀演员,但现在最红时期已过.

2. It was fashionable in the sixties but definitely passe in the eighties.

那在六十年代是“时髦”的,但在八十年代肯定是过时了.

3. It is fashionable in the sixty but definitely passe in the eighty.

那在六十年代是时髦的,但在八十年代肯定是过时了.

4. Pour ouvrir l'ordinateur , y a - t - il un mot de passe?

开电脑时用输入密码么?

5. I'm beginning to find her novels rather passe.

我逐渐觉得她的小说格调陈旧.