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

• 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。
• Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
  描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。
• 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。
• B: Was. Past tense. Former life.
  以前是。过去式了。以前的生活是这样。
• You must use the past tense here, I'm afraid.
  恐怕在这儿你必须使用过去时态。
• GALE: I guess I'm thinking of things in the past tense now.
  我想我现在已经开始用过去式的思维看待事情了。
• To grasp the Present Perfect and the Irregular verbs 'past tense& past participle tense.
  掌握现在完成时态以及不规则动词的过去时态和过去分词。
• 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。
• I can find out the rules of the verbs forms of the simple past tense.
  我能归纳出实意动词的一般过去式的构成规律。
• 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。