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 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This next step will be the hardest, learn past tense and future tense.
  这一步是最难的，要学习过去时和将来时。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
  描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。