1. 通道；过道；走廊
    A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, which connects one place or room with another.

    e.g. Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.
           哈里走进过道，随手关上了门。
    e.g. ...up some stairs and along a narrow passage towards a door.
           上几级楼梯，沿着一条狭窄的走廊来到一个门口

2. （书、演讲、乐曲等的）段，节，章
    A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest.

    e.g. He reads a passage from Milton.
           他读了一节弥尔顿的诗。
    e.g. ...the passage in which Blake spoke of the world of imagination...
           布莱克谈及幻想世界的那一段

3. （人体中的）道，通道
    A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, which air or liquid can pass along.

    e.g. ...cells that line the air passages.
           气管内壁上的细胞
    e.g. ...blocked nasal passages.
           堵塞了的鼻腔

4. （人群等中的）通道，通路
    A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them.

    e.g. He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets...
           他在拥挤的街道上挤出了一条通路。
    e.g. Two men suddenly elbowed a passage through the shoppers.
           两名男子突然用肘在购物者中挤出一条路。

5. 通过；经过
    The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another.

passage的近义词

    e.g. Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain...
           德国没有征求佛朗哥的同意便让军队通过了西班牙。
    e.g. The passage of heat through rock is extremely slow.
           热在岩石中传导得极慢。

6. 过渡
    The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another.

    e.g. ...to ease their passage to a market economy.
           使他们更顺利地过渡到市场经济
    e.g. ...the passage from school to college.
           从中学到大学的过渡

7. （议案等的）通过
    The passage of a bill or act is the official acceptance of it by a parliament or legislature.

    e.g. It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
           《人权法案》通过已经200年了。

8. （时间的）推移，流逝
    The passage of a period of time is its passing.

passage

    e.g. An asset that increases in value with the passage of time.
           价值与日俱增的资产
    e.g. ...after the passage of eighteen months.
           18个月过去后

9. 航行；航程
    A passage is a journey by ship.

passage

    e.g. We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Swansea.
           从斯旺西出发航行10小时后，我们于前天到达。

10. 通行权；通行许可
    If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it.

    e.g. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna...
           托马斯先生可以安全地往来于贾夫纳。
    e.g. You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.
           无论你什么时候需要，都可以自由穿过我们的领地。