past tense

英 [pɑːst tens]

美 [pæst tens]

n.  过去时; 过去式

牛津词典

noun

• 过去时； 过去式
  the form of a verb used to describe actions in the past
  1. The past tense of ‘take’ is ‘took’.
     take的过去式是took。

英英释义

noun

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
  Synonym:past

双语例句

• Change this verb from the present tense into the past tense and future tense.
  把这个动词从现在时改为过去时和将来时。
• If you have graduated, then you have to say," I majored in English," using past tense.
  当你已经毕业了，你就不能再用现在进行时了，应该用过去时来表达。
• You must use the past tense here, I'm afraid.
  恐怕在这儿你必须使用过去时态。
• If you want to talk about work you did in the past, use the past tense, e.g.
  如果你想谈论你过去做什么工作，用过去时态。
• I can find out the rules of the verbs forms of the simple past tense.
  我能归纳出实意动词的一般过去式的构成规律。
• The results themselves should be described in the past tense, like the methods.
  与“方法”部分一样，叙述“结果”时应使用过去时。
• How do you form the past tense?
  你怎样构成过去时态？
• Also marked Chinese le express perfecting or change in aspect, sometimes does not express past tense.
  也指出了汉语的了在体方面表示完成或变化，有时不表示过去时。
• It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
  科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。
• They were all concerning about the past tense and the present perfect.
  那些练习题都是跟一般过去时和现在完成时有关的。