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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't want to meaningless wait, you will become my past tense.
  不想无意义的等待，你将成为我的过去式。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.
  顺便提一下，所有的问题都是用过去时态写的。