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

• B.Fill in the blanks with the past perfect or simple past tense of the verbs in brackets.
  试用括号里动词的过去完成时态或一般过去时态来填充空格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• But how much does that past relationship affect our dream of our future perfect?
  我们都有一段不完美的过去。但是过去真地会影响未来的实现吗？
• 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。
• Learn to express something with Past Perfect Tense.
  学习使用过去完成时态。
• The target linguistic form was past perfect tense.
  目标语言形式为过去完成时。