past perfect

英 [pɑːst ˈpɜːfɪkt]

美 [pæst ˈpɜːrfɪkt]

n.  过去完成时; 过去完成式

牛津词典

noun

• 过去完成时； 过去完成式
  the form of a verb that expresses an action completed before a particular point in the past, formed in English with had and the past participle

柯林斯词典

• 过去完成时
  In grammar, thepast perfecttenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before a specific time. The simple past perfect tense uses 'had' and the past participle of the verb, as in 'She had seen him before'. It is sometimes called thepluperfect.

英英释义

noun

• a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  1. `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
  Synonym:past perfect tensepluperfectpluperfect tense

双语例句

• There are three kinds of shapes of the tenses in the Utopia Novels of the later Qing Dynasty: the future past tense, the future perfect tense and the future continuous tense.
  晚清的乌托邦小说在时间构形上通常表现为“将来过去时”、“将来完成时”和“将来进行时”等三种不同面相。
• A Semantic Study of the English Simple Past Tense and the Present Perfect
  实话英语的时态一般过去时和现在完成体的语义研究
• America's founders were modern men who wanted a modern country that broke with its past to create a more perfect union.
  美国的缔造者们是想要一个现代国家的现代人，他们打破过去创造一个更好的联盟。
• My sports hernia is a thing of the past. I am in perfect shape and ready to give my all.
  我的疝气已经过去了，我的状态非常完美它准备给我一切。
• We use the past perfect continuous tense to show that an action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
  我们用过去完成进行时态来形容一个在过去开始的行动，这个行动持续到过去的另一个时间。
• The Survey of the Priority of the Simple Past Tense over the Present Perfect Tense in Modern German
  现代德语过去时与现在完成时的优先性探讨
• They are used as auxiliaries to the present and past perfect tenses.
  它们是用作现在完成时和过去完成时的助动词。
• Learn to express something with Past Perfect Tense.
  学习使用过去完成时态。
• But how much does that past relationship affect our dream of our future perfect?
  我们都有一段不完美的过去。但是过去真地会影响未来的实现吗？
• Past simple or present perfect?
  一般过去时还是现在完成时？