| 单词 | past future |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspast future past future adj. and n. Grammar (a) n. a tense expressing an action or a state viewed as future in relation to a given time in the past; (b) adj. designating this tense, or a verb form of this tense. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > other specific tenses primary1813 principal1818 prospective1893 past future1904 expanded1931 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 25 443 As a past-future, or, more precisely, a past-future-perfect, it is necessarily subjunctive. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts v. 127 Progressive-aspect forms..sometimes emphasize..in past-perfect and past-future tenses closeness to a past time that is central in the attention at the moment. 2001 differences (Nexis) 12 79 We see the temporal logic of the past future at work in his thinking of the potential transcendence of the face-to-face relation. < as lemmas |
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