Was heißt »vor­bei­zie­hen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »vor­bei­zie­hen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • pass
  • pass by

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der alte Mann wunderte sich, warum das Leben an ihm vorbeigezogen war.

The old man wondered why life had passed him by.

Synonyme

ab­hän­gen:
correlate
depend
über­ho­len:
outstrip
overtake
über­trump­fen:
overtrump
trump

Englische Beispielsätze

  • If you want to pass the exam, you need to study.

  • Sometimes I wake up in the night and wonder what I'll do if I don't pass.

  • The girls say they know they didn't pass, but I think they did pretty well.

  • Oh, you'll pass all right. Don't worry.

  • He can pass for white.

  • She can pass for white.

  • You look like you're going to pass out or something.

  • He also didn't pass the re-exam.

  • Please pass on my best wishes to Peter.

  • We should act righteously and must remember that the future will pass a harsh judgement on our actions.

  • He'll certainly pass the entrance exam.

  • A purse of three thousand drachmas, however, was cast ashore, and now lies covered with seaweed near a dead dolphin, the stench of which is so offensive, that all who pass that way hasten by it as fast as they can.

  • Tom is certain to pass the examination.

  • Tom could almost pass for a teenager.

  • Tom asked me to pass him the salt.

  • Did you pass the test?

  • I have not any children to pass on the legacy of our misery.

  • It's virtually impossible for Tom to pass the exam.

  • The minutes pass by.

  • Will you please pass me the salt?

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: vorbeiziehen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: vorbeiziehen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1558634, 5817628, 5834852, 5834860, 5834862, 5930322, 5930323, 6008873, 6119964, 6176039, 5396239, 6210049, 6213207, 6247204, 6252302, 6259798, 6272922, 5300263, 6323416, 5270367 & 6348394. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR