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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not long ago is only used in positive statements with the verb in the past tense
  notlongago仅用于肯定式陈述句中，与动词过去时态连用
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Along with the accession of the new President of USA, Bush has become the past tense of USA.
  随着美国新一任总统的就任，布什成了美国的过去时。
• Also marked Chinese le express perfecting or change in aspect, sometimes does not express past tense.
  也指出了汉语的了在体方面表示完成或变化，有时不表示过去时。