英语单词“the past tense”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 the past tense 释义 the past tensenoun[S]uk

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/?pɑ?st ?tens/us

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/?p?st ?tens/used todescribeverbformsin manylanguagesused foractionsthat have nowfinished. It is used by somepeopleto refer to the pastsimpleinEnglish:过去时；一般过去时Add -ed to all theseverbsto put theminthe pasttense.把所有这些动词都加上 -ed，将它们变成过去时态。Ithinkherhusbandmust bedead- she alwaystalksabout himinthe pasttense.我想她丈夫一定死了——她谈到他时老是用过去时态。

More examples

• How do you say that in the pasttense?
• Theperfectformis just one way offormingthe pasttenseinEnglish.
• Someverbshave anirregularpasttense.
• 'made' is the pasttenseof 'make'.
• The pasttenseofregularverbsisgenerallyformedbyadding-ed.

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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs

• accusative
• art
• bare infinitive
• bent
• continuous
• infinitive
• non-progressive
• passive
• passivization
• pluperfect
• present
• present participle
• progressive
• subjunctive
• the active voice
• the first person
• the future perfect
• the past continuous
• the present continuous
• the third person

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(Definition ofthe past tensefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/past-tense##