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

• 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。
• 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。
• Then summing up the gains and losses of our country over the past derivatives trading, a more perfect and efficient regulatory system would be to set up.
  再通过总结我国过去发展衍生交易的经验得失，这样将有助于建立较为完善和高效的监管体系。
• 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。
• 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。
• When complements emerge in factual sentences, the sentences usually take on past tense or perfect aspect.
  当补语出现在表现实类句中时，该类句子呈现过去时或完成体。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• By building a talent management group during the past ten years, Perfect Set gained its achievement in both manufacturing and marketing.
  健心药业成立十几年来，通过由资深专家组成的管理团队，采用科学严谨的管理手段，在产品生产及市场营销上已获双重成果。