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单词 in passing
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in passing

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If you mention something in passing, you mention it briefly while you are talking or writing about something else.
In passing, it should be noted that.
The army is only mentioned in passing.
Synonyms: incidentally, on the way, by the way, accidentally More Synonyms of in passing
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in passing in British English

by the way; incidentally
he mentioned your visit in passing
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in passing in American English

1. 
without careful thought; casually
2. 
incidentally; by the way
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Examples of 'in passing' in a sentence
in passing

I'd only met him once in passing, aged about six.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)

Chinese translation of 'in passing'

in passing

  1. [mention, note] 顺(順)便地 (shùnbiàn de)
See passing (sense 4)

Nearby words of
in passing

  • in parallel (with sth)
  • in part
  • in particular
  • in passing
  • in pencil/ink
  • in person
  • in pieces

Related terms of
in passing

  • a passing interest in sb/sth
(phrase) 
Definition
briefly and without going into detail
She only mentioned you in passing.
Synonyms
incidentally
The tower, incidentally, dates from the twelfth century.
on the way
by the way
By the way, how did your seminar go?
accidentally
The door cannot be opened accidentally.
en passant
He advised her, en passant, that she should see a doctor.
by the bye
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Additional synonyms

in the sense of accidentally
The door cannot be opened accidentally.
Synonyms
unintentionally,
casually,
unexpectedly,
incidentally,
by accident,
by chance,
inadvertently,
unwittingly,
randomly,
unconsciously,
by mistake,
haphazardly,
fortuitously,
adventitiously,
undesignedly
in the sense of by the way
Definition
incidentally
By the way, how did your seminar go?
Synonyms
incidentally,
in passing,
in parenthesis,
en passant,
by the bye
in the sense of en passant
Definition
in passing
He advised her, en passant, that she should see a doctor.
Synonyms
in passing,
by the way,
incidentally,
parenthetically,
by the bye

Nearby words of
in passing

  • in order
  • in part
  • in particular
  • in passing
  • in perpetuity
  • in person
  • in pieces

Synonyms of 'in passing'

in passing

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