新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

beyond

英 [bɪˈjɒnd]

[ADV, PREP]

词汇频率：

ADV. 副词

1. 在…的另一边
If something lies beyond, it is on the other side of a place or barrier.
双语例句
例：
The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.
这座房子有很棒的景观，可以看到乔治亚海峡以及海峡那边的落基山脉。
2. （时间）在…之后
You can use beyond to say that something continues after a particular time or date has passed.
双语例句
例：
The financing of home ownership will continue through the 1990s and beyond.
购房贷款政策将持续到20世纪90年代及以后。

PREP. 介词

1. 在…的另一边
If something is beyond a place or barrier, it is on the other side of it.
双语例句
例：
On his right was a thriving vegetable garden and beyond it a small orchard of apple trees.
在他的右边是一片长势旺盛的菜园，另一头是一小片苹果树林。
2. （时间）在…之后
If something happens beyond a particular time or date, it continues after that time or date has passed.
近义词
past
双语例句
例：
Few jockeys continue race-riding beyond the age of 40.
很少有骑师在40岁以后还继续赛马。
3. 超出
If something extends beyond a particular thing, it affects or includes other things.
双语例句
例：
His interests extended beyond the fine arts to international politics and philosophy.
他的兴趣不仅限于美术，还包括国际政治和哲学。
4. 除了
You use beyond to introduce an exception to what you are saying.
双语例句
例：
He appears to have almost no personal staff, beyond a secretary who can't make coffee.
除了一个连咖啡都不会煮的秘书之外，他看来似乎没有任何随身雇员。
5. 超过
If something goes beyond a particular point or stage, it progresses or increases so that it passes that point or stage.
双语例句
例：
Their five-year relationship was strained beyond breaking point.
他们长达5年的关系紧张到无法维系。
6. 超出（理解或信任的范围）
If something is, for example, beyond understanding or beyond belief, it is so extreme in some way that it cannot be understood or believed.
双语例句
例：
What Jock had done was beyond my comprehension.
乔克的所作所为让我摸不着头脑。
7. 超出（能力所及）
If you say that something is beyond someone, or beyond their control, you mean that they cannot deal with it.
双语例句
例：
The situation was beyond her control.
局势非她所能控制。