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。

noun

It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。
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。
Along with the accession of the new President of USA, Bush has become the past tense of USA.
随着美国新一任总统的就任，布什成了美国的过去时。
Describe experimental results uniformly in the past tense.
描述实验结果一律要用过去时态。
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。
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。
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。
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。
To grasp the Present Perfect and the Irregular verbs 'past tense& past participle tense.
掌握现在完成时态以及不规则动词的过去时态和过去分词。