past progressive ![添加此单词到默认生词本](http://www.dict.li/user/images/new_vocabulary.gif)
过去进行体;过去进行时
- Write the following sentence in the simple past tense, past progressive tense and future tense.
请将下面的句子改写成一般过去时,过去进行时和一般将来时。 - To state a mere past fact, we use simple past; to lay emphasis on the duration of the action, we use the past progressive.
一般过去时通常只说明过去某时发生某事,而过去进行体则侧重动作的持续时间,而不仅是说明事实。如。 - This is the most common use of the past progressive. In this use, the past time reference is usually indicated by a temporal adverbial or implied by the context.
过去进行体作这一用法时,通常也都要把时间状语表示出来,或者通过上下文把时间关系暗示出来。
past progressive[ noun ]
a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
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`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive