| 词汇 | past-perfect |
| 释义 | the past perfect noun[ S ] uk /ˌpɑːst ˈpɜː.fekt/ us /ˌpæst ˈpɝː.fekt/ the grammatical form used for an action that had already finished when another action happened. It is made with "had" and a past participle: 过去完成时 "I had just cooked" is an example of the past perfect, and "I had just been cooking" is an example of the past perfect continuous.I had just cooked 是过去完成时的一个例子，而 I had just been cooking 是过去完成进行时的一个例子。 'I had already eaten' is an example of the past perfect. 'She hadn't seen him' is an example of the past perfect. Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs accusative art auxiliary bare infinitive bent continuous copula finite gerund modality non-finite non-progressive passive passivization perfective phrasal verb subjunctive the active voice the past continuous the past tense GrammarPast perfect continuous (I had been working) We use had + been + the -ing form of the verb. … Past perfect continuous: form We use had + been + the -ing form of the verb. … Past perfect continuous: uses We use the past perfect continuous to talk about actions or events which started before a particular time in the past and were still in progress up to that time in the past: … Past perfect simple (I had worked) We use had + the -ed form of the verb. … Past perfect simple: form We use had + the -ed form of the verb. … Past perfect simple: uses The past perfect refers to time up to a point in the past (time up to then), just as the present perfect refers to something that happened in the time up to the moment of speaking (time up to now): … Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? Past perfect simple = I had worked Past perfect continuous = I had been working … Past perfect simple or past simple? Past perfect simple: I had seen Past simple: I saw … past perfect | American Dictionarypast perfect noun[ U ] us/ˈpæst ˈpɜr·fɪkt/ grammar a tense usually formed with "had" that is used to refer to the earlier of two different times in the past: The sentence "She had broken her leg once before," is in the past perfect. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。