| 释义 |
the past perfect
(also the pluperfect)
noun only singular
ADVANCED
■the grammatical tense used to describe an action that had already finished when another action happened. It is made with 'had' and a past participle 过去完成式•'I had just cooked' is an example of the past perfect, and 'I had just been cooking' is an example of the past perfect continuous.I had just cooked 是过去完成式的一个例子，而 I had just been cooking 是过去完成进行式的一个例子。 |