单词 | pluperfect |
释义 | pluperfect /plooh perr"fikt/ adj. 1. Gram. a. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. b. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portaveram "I had carried." 2. more than perfect: He spoke the language with pluperfect precision. n. Gram. 3. - a. the pluperfect tense, or other verb formation or construction with such meaning. b. a form in the pluperfect. [1520-30; < L plu(s quam) perfectum (more than) perfect, trans. of Gk hypersyntelikós] |
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