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- The past tense of ‘take’ is ‘took’.
take的过去式是took。
- The past tense of ‘take’ is ‘took’.
英英释义
noun
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
双语例句
- Irregular past tense verbs can be a difficulty for many students of English.
对于许多学英语的学生来说，不规则动词过去式是很难掌握的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To grasp the Present Perfect and the Irregular verbs 'past tense& past participle tense.
掌握现在完成时态以及不规则动词的过去时态和过去分词。 - 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。