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。

noun

Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。
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 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。
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。
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。
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。
You must use the past tense here, I'm afraid.
恐怕在这儿你必须使用过去时态。
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。
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。
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。