| 单词 | preterite perfect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspreterite perfect preterite perfect adj. and n. [after classical Latin praeteritum perfectum (Quintilian)] = preterperfect adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > with specific aspect pluperfectc1450 preterite imperfectc1450 preterite perfect1522 preterimperfectc1525 preterperfectc1525 preterpluperfectc1525 plusquamperfect1644 pluterperfect1656 past perfect1868 1522 J. Vaus Rudimenta i. sig. bbijv Preteriti perfecti et plusque perfecti temporis..ane of the preterit perfect tyme, and preterit plusque perfect tyme. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 42 The preterit parfyte tens of the infynityve mode. 1788 J. Beattie Theory Lang. (new ed.) ii. iii. 226 The tense is called..the complete past, or the preterite perfect. 1924 H. E. Palmer Gram. of Spoken Eng. 148 The Preterite Perfect is used: a) To express an action already completed before a moment or period expressed by an adverbial of past time. 1991 Computer Shopper (Nexis) Nov. 658 Happily, some tenses, such as the imperfect subjunctive, preterite perfect, and pluperfect subjunctive, are relegated to ‘literary use’, so you can dismiss them. < as lemmas |
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