/ˈpɑ:spɔ:t; US ˈpæs- ||; ˈpæsˌpɔrt/noun[C] 1 an official document that identifies you as a citizen of a particular country and that you have to show when you enter or leave a country 护照
You apply for or renew your passport at the passport office. This office issues new passports. 在护照办事处(passport office)可以申请(apply for)或更换(renew)护照。该办事处负责发放(issue)新护照。 2 a passport to sth a thing that makes it possible to achieve sth …的手段、门路或途径: a passport to success 达到成功的手段