- 停止，终止；逐渐消失：
The storm should pass off before dark.
天黑前暴风雨会停止的。
- 进行到最后；结束；完成：
The meeting passed off very well.
会议进行得很顺利。
- 转移他处；故意不去注意；漠然视之；认为…无关紧要：
He passed off the accusation with a laugh.
他对指责一笑了之。
- 把…冒充为；使称…是；作为(真东西)出售：
He passed his secretary off as his wife.
他将秘书冒充为他的妻子。
- 回避；掩饰；不加理会：
Seeing that the story had given offence to some people,he attempted to pass it off with a joke.
看到他讲的故事已经冒犯了一些人，他想讲一个笑话来避开它。
- 克服；应付过去：
It was not to be passed off so easily as that.
事情还不那么容易被掩盖过去。
- 以假货冒充真品骗人接受：
He tried to pass off a false Dagas on the auctioneer.
他试着把假的德加的画卖给拍卖人。
- 使人不去注意，忽视：
I managed to pass off his insult.
我终于没去理会他的侮辱。