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

• Students will be able to retell stories using proper past tense verbs.
  学生能够复述故事并恰当的运用过去时。
• 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。
• 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？
• You have become the past tense.
  你已成为过去式。
• When you are talking about the day you have just had, use the past tense, e.g.
  当你谈论你刚刚度过的一天时，用过去时态，例如：Westoppedfortea。
• 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
• Change this verb from the present tense into the past tense and future tense.
  把这个动词从现在时改为过去时和将来时。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。