| 单词 | pluperfect |
| 释义 | pluperfect (once / 37522 pages) 1n 2adj In grammar, pluperfect is the verb tense that you use to talk about something that was finished or completed in the past. "They had eaten at five" uses the pluperfect. Use pluperfect as a noun or an adjective to describe the tense you use to talk about something that didn't just occur in the past, but before the time that you're considering. This is also sometimes called the past perfect. The word pluperfect comes from the Latin phrase plus quam perfectum, "more than perfect." The Latin perfect tense refers to the past, while the pluperfect references "more than past." WORD FAMILYpluperfect: pluperfectly, pluperfects USAGE EXAMPLES“Everyone succumbs to finitude,” he writes. “I suspect I am not the only one who reaches this pluperfect state.” Washington Post(Jan 08, 2016) We needed the pluperfect tense: “But even before that, relations … had been tense.” New York Times(Jun 03, 2014) It’s the pluperfect case of buy low, sell high. Forbes(May 30, 2014) 1 n a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past 2Syn|Hyper past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) adj more than perfect he spoke with pluperfect precision Syn perfect being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish |
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