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

• 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。
• Past Tense, Perfect Aspect and Current Relevance
  过去时、完成体与现时关联
• By building a talent management group during the past ten years, Perfect Set gained its achievement in both manufacturing and marketing.
  健心药业成立十几年来，通过由资深专家组成的管理团队，采用科学严谨的管理手段，在产品生产及市场营销上已获双重成果。
• The target linguistic form was past perfect tense.
  目标语言形式为过去完成时。
• A Semantic Study of the English Simple Past Tense and the Present Perfect
  实话英语的时态一般过去时和现在完成体的语义研究
• Normally, such sentences in the past perfect follow another sentence in the simple past tense, as in the following example.
  一般来说，这种过去完成式的句子是紧接着另一个一般过去式的句子，看下面的例句。
• Past simple or present perfect?
  一般过去时还是现在完成时？
• 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。
• Callum: And also the past perfect.
  同时也有过去完成时。
• There are three kinds of shapes of the tenses in the Utopia Novels of the later Qing Dynasty: the future past tense, the future perfect tense and the future continuous tense.
  晚清的乌托邦小说在时间构形上通常表现为“将来过去时”、“将来完成时”和“将来进行时”等三种不同面相。