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

• 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。
• 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。
• We use the simple past tense to talk about things in the past.
  我们用过去一般时态来谈论过去的事情。
• You must use the past tense here, I'm afraid.
  恐怕在这儿你必须使用过去时态。
• I still can't accept talking about him in the past tense.
  我还是不习惯用过去时来谈论他。
• It's hard to put a friend in the past tense.
  用过去式来谈一个朋友太困难了。
• 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。
• 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。
• When you are talking about the day you have just had, use the past tense, e.g.
  当你谈论你刚刚度过的一天时，用过去时态，例如：Westoppedfortea。
• Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
  描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。