| 单词 | preterite |
| 释义 | preterite (once / 28075 pages) n WORD FAMILY preterite: preterites USAGE EXAMPLESThe present tense too is far more pleasant and less monotonous than the preterite. Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), March to Magdala(2012) In the case of certain Greek verbs, the preterite in form is invariably present in signification. Burgon, John William, The Revision Revised(2011) Its inflections are -as present, -is preterite, -os future, -us conditional, -u imperative and subjunctive, -i infinitive, together with the following participles:— Active. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) n a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense Syn|Hyper preterit past, past tense a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past |
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