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Past perfect tense
过去完成时
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By the end of the last summer holiday, what study plan had you finished?
Past perfect tense
过去完成时的基本用法
1. 表示在过去的某一时间或某一动作之前完成的动作或存在的状态。
① Before we got to the train station, the train had already left.
我们到达火车站之前,火车就已经离开了。
② Before I could say “thank you”, he had run away.
我还没来得及说“谢谢”,他就跑开了。
2. 表示从过去某一时间开始,一直延续到过去的另一个时间的动作,常用的时间状语有by then, by the end of, by the time。
① By the end of last term, we had learnt 2,000 English words.
到上学期期末为止,我们已经学习了2,000个英语单词了。
② We had learnt English for 8 years by the last year.
到去年为止,我们已经学了8年英语了。
3. 表示愿望、打算等的动词,如hope, want, expect, think, mean, suppose, intend, plan等后接从句时,一般用过去完成时表示本打算实现而未实现的愿望和计划。
① I had intended to meet him at the airport, but I had an important meeting to attend.
我本打算去机场接他,但是我有个重要的会议要参加。
② I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I was not able to get away.
我原打算今年去度假,可是我走不开。
(1) It/That was+ the first/ second…+ time+ that从句,从句谓语常用过去完成时。
It was the first time that I had visited the Grea