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

• 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
• 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。
• We can use the past perfect tense to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
  我们可以用过去完成时态来谈论在过去某个时间之前完成的动作。
• In the past, the man of perfect practice was very confident in his grasping concepts, so he wasted no time to defend it.
  从前的修行完备者，他对自己体会的概念信心十足，所以他从不会浪费时间和精力，去为自己的信念展开辩护。
• The target linguistic form was past perfect tense.
  目标语言形式为过去完成时。
• Past perfect tense falls into two types of configurations in discourse: target-configuration and source/ target configuration, respectively profiling resultant state and event process in accordance with context.
  过去完成时在语篇中的应用有两种构形：靶域构形和源/靶域构形，根据语境分别突显结果状态和事件过程。
• B.Fill in the blanks with the past perfect or simple past tense of the verbs in brackets.
  试用括号里动词的过去完成时态或一般过去时态来填充空格。
• Finally, a tentative conclusion will be drawn from the previous analysis: Rebecca is not a simple imitation of the past Gothic, but a perfect unity of form and content, and possesses high literary value.
  基于前几章的分析，本论文试图得出一个结论：《蝴蝶梦》不是对传统哥特的简单模仿，而达到了形式与内容的完美统一，具有极高的文学价值。
• 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。
• In English learning, it is difficult for learners to master the tense, especially the past tense and the present perfect tense.
  英语学习中，时态的学习和运用对学习者尤其中低水平学习者来说是一个困难之处。