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

• 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。
• Several verbs have alternative regular and irregular past tense and past participle forms.
  有些动词兼有规则和不规则的过去式和过去分词的形式。
• B: Was. Past tense. Former life.
  以前是。过去式了。以前的生活是这样。
• How do you form the past tense?
  你怎样构成过去时态？
• 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。
• In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.
  在叙述过程中，间接引语的动词通常用过去式。
• Who knows the past tense and the past participle form of this verb?
  谁知道一般过去时和这个动词的过去分词？
• 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。
• You have become the past tense.
  你已成为过去式。
• 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。