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imperfect tense

/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/

翻译: 一种语法时态,用于描述过去持续、重复或未完成的动作,常表示动作进行了一段时间而没有明确的结束。

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/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/C1formal
  • zh一种语法时态,用于描述过去持续、重复或未完成的动作,常表示动作进行了一段时间而没有明确的结束。

A grammatical tense used to describe ongoing, habitual, or incomplete actions in the past, often indicating that an action was happening over a period of time without a specific endpoint.

  1. Past continuous actionB2formal

    A grammatical tense used to describe ongoing, habitual, or incomplete actions in the past.

    zh未完成过去时

    • In Spanish, 'hablaba' means 'I was speaking' in the imperfect tense.
    • The imperfect tense is often used to set the scene in stories.
    • She was reading a book when he arrived (imperfect tense in some languages).