迷你对话：

A: Where is our son, dear?

亲爱的，我们的儿子在哪儿？

B: He is in his bedroom. He has been in a bad mood after school.

他在他自己的房间里，放学后他就一直心情不好。

A: What happened? Have you talked with him?

出什么事情了？你和他谈过没有？

B: Yeah. He told me that he has passed over in the election of monitor.

我问过他了，她说他没有当上班长。

地道表达：

pass over

释义1：If someone is passed over for a job or position, they do not get the job or position and someone younger or less experienced is chosen instead.指（任命或晋升时）跳过，不考虑。

支持范例：

She claimed she was repeatedly passed over for promotion.

她声称在晋升时自己被一次又一次地排除在外。

They've been rejected, disappointed, ignored, passed over.

他们遭到拒绝，满心失望，备受冷落，无人理会。

释义2： If you pass over a topic in a conversation or speech, you do not talk about it. 指（在谈话或演讲中）不提及，忽略，跳过。

支持范例：

He largely passed over the government's record.

他基本没有提及政府政绩。

They seem to think her crimes should be passed over in silence.

他们似乎认为应该对她的罪行保持沉默。

词海拾贝：

1 in a bad mood：心情不好

范例：Watch your step today ; the boss is in a bad mood.

今天你小心点，老板情绪不好。

He was in a bad mood after his son had committed suicide.

他因儿子自杀而心情不好。

He's in a bad mood, so I'll make myself scarce.

他情绪不好, 我得躲着点。

The cancellation of the plan puts him in a bad mood.

计划的取消使他很不开心。

2 in the election：在竞选中

范例：He beat his opponent in the election.

他在选举中击败了对手。

He wanted to be governor, but in the election he missed by a mile.

他想当州长, 但在选举中惨败。

The news that he has been defeated in the election is not true.

他落选的消息不真实。

He was nosed out in the election by a younger man.

他在选举中以些许之差败给了一个较年轻的人。