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。
• 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。
• Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
  描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。
• Who knows the past tense and the past participle form of this verb?
  谁知道一般过去时和这个动词的过去分词？
• How do you form the past tense?
  你怎样构成过去时态？
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Irregular past tense verbs can be a difficulty for many students of English.
  对于许多学英语的学生来说，不规则动词过去式是很难掌握的。