单词 | past imperfect |
释义 | > as lemmaspast imperfect past imperfect adj. and n. Grammar (a) adj. designating a tense expressing an uncompleted action taking place in the past, or a verb form of this tense (cf. imperfect adj. 6a, preterimperfect adj.); (b) n. the past imperfect tense; a verb in this tense. ΚΠ 1758 J. Ward Four Ess. Eng. Lang. iv. 99 The past imperfect tense is formed of the auxiliary verb did and the theme, or of the auxiliary verb was and the present participle; and denotes an action as doing at some past time. 1770 I. Hodgson Pract. Eng. Gram. 69 These Times may be subdivided into imperfect and perfect, viz...the Past imperfect, as I loved, was loving, or did love. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 314/1 The past-imperfect and aorist tenses of the Greek verb. 1844 T. H. Key Alphabet 124 It seems not improbable that the past imperfects of the Latin language have for their suffix..a past tense of habeo formed upon the model of era-m. 1904 C. T. Onions Adv. Eng. Syntax §118 In the earlier period of Old English..the Past tense form had the meanings of the Past, Past Imperfect, Present Perfect, and Pluperfect of Latin. 1978 Amer. Ethnologist 5 384 According to Clay, gabasik is the third-person singular, past-imperfect form of -vasik. 2014 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 98 1054/1 Laval focuses on transfer-of-training effects, namely the ability to improve in French subjunctive as a result of training on the French past imperfect. < as lemmas |
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