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

• 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。
• 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。
• The results themselves should be described in the past tense, like the methods.
  与“方法”部分一样，叙述“结果”时应使用过去时。
• B: Was. Past tense. Former life.
  以前是。过去式了。以前的生活是这样。
• By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
  顺便提一下，所有的问题都是用过去时态写的。
• 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。
• 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。
• These words all become the past tense, then we all passing, also together dust-laden.
  这些词全都成为过去式，然后我们的所有过往，也就一起尘封。
• If you have graduated, then you have to say," I majored in English," using past tense.
  当你已经毕业了，你就不能再用现在进行时了，应该用过去时来表达。
• 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。