preterite
n. 过去时态（等于preterit）；过去式
adj. 过去时态的
n.
过去式，过去时态；
adj.
过去时态的；
英英释义
preterite[ 'pretərit ]
n.a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
同义词：preterit
权威例句
PreteriteThe "negative preterite"in Kabyle Berber
The Preterite and the Perfect Tense in Present-Day English
Preterite Had + V-Ed in the Narratives of African-American Preadolescents
Preterite had +V- ed : A Developmental Narrative Structure of African American English
The perfect and the preterite in contemporary and earlier English /
Index of authors : The Perfect and the Preterite in Contemporary and Earlier English
Explanation in morphophonemics: Changes in provençal and Spanish preterite forms
3. The use of the perfect and the preterite in present-day English : The Perfect and the Preterite in Contemporary and Earlier English
The l2 acquisition of morphosyntactic and semantic properties of the aspectual tenses preterite and imperfect
preterite (adj.)
mid-14c., "having to do with the past," from Old French preterit "past tense" (13c.) and directly from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum "time past"), past participle of praeterire "to go by, go past," from praeter "beyond, before, above, more than" (see prae-) + itum, past participle of ire "to go" (see ion). Grammar sense is late 14c. The word also was a noun in Middle English meaning "past times" (late 14c.). Related: Preteritive. Preterite-present attested from 1813.
1. The two principal combustion products are water vapor and carbon dioxide.
两种主要的燃烧产物是水蒸气和二氧化碳。
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2. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.
市队的头号射手是打进17粒进球的乔·哈维。
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3. The students passed a motion of no-confidence in the college principal.
学生们通过了对校长进行不信任投票的动议。
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4. Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.
唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。
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5. Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.
斯托帕德只好更换4个主要角色的人选。
来自柯林斯例句
[ principal 造句 ]
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