| 单词 | present perfect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresent perfect present perfect n. a tense denoting action that is completed at the present time; usually called perfect (perfect n. 3a). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > present > with specific aspect present perfect1758 present imperfect1858 1758 J. Ward Four Essays Eng. Lang. iv. 127 They sometimes express it by the first form of their present perfect tense, when the design is to intimate, that a thing has been doing for some time and is not yet finished. 1770 I. Hodgson Pract. Eng. Gram. 69 These Times may be subdivided into imperfect and perfect, viz...the Present perfect, as I have loved. 1852 Biblical Repertory July 404 This Perfect,..when equivalent to the Greek Perfect, by the English Present Perfect and Present Pluperfect. 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. 2002 L. J. Green Afr. Amer. Eng. ii. §2 39 In AAE, the simple past and present perfect can be distinguished only in emphatic affirmation environments. < as lemmas |
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