| 单词 | present tense |
| 释义 | present tense (once / 13602 pages) n In grammar, the present tense is the verb form you use when you talk about what's happening right now. "You are standing on my foot" is in the present tense. If you describe things you're currently doing, or that you usually do, or a current state, you'll use the present tense without even thinking about it. Sentences like "I feel sad," or "He always gets up late on the weekends," or "Birds chirp more in the morning than they do later in the day" are all in the present tense. WORD FAMILYpresent tense: present tenses USAGE EXAMPLESI liked watching him because he was mucking about in the present tense while my boyfriend talked about the past. New York Times(Aug 30, 2016) Ms. Ramos is still waiting for her son and speaks of him in the present tense. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) That slip into the present tense is telling. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) n a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking Syn|Hypo|Hyper present historical present the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states tense a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
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