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

• They are used as auxiliaries to the present and past perfect tenses.
  它们是用作现在完成时和过去完成时的助动词。
• The Survey of the Priority of the Simple Past Tense over the Present Perfect Tense in Modern German
  现代德语过去时与现在完成时的优先性探讨
• In stream-of-consciousness texts, past perfect tense serves to shift perspective space, switch narrative focus and reverse temporal space.
  在意识流语篇中，它具有切换视点空间、转移叙述焦点、回移时间空间的语篇构建功能。
• 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。
• I like looking back because I am a liking-past person and I think the past life is always perfect and unforgetful.
  我同样也是一个比较喜欢回忆的人，我常常想起过去的事情，因为它常常也能给我带来美好的感觉。
• Callum: And also the past perfect.
  同时也有过去完成时。
• Past simple or present perfect?
  一般过去时还是现在完成时？
• In English, past tense is more polite than perfect tense, and perfect tense is more polite than present tense;
  英语中，使用过去时比完成时更有礼貌，使用完成时比现在时更礼貌；
• We can use the past perfect tense to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.
  我们可以用过去完成时态来谈论在过去某个时间之前完成的动作。
• 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。