past perfect

常见例句

The present and past perfect tenses both belong to the perfect tense.
现在完成时和过去完成时都属于完成时态。
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A. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect tense of the verbs in brackets.
试用括号里动词的过去完成时态来填充空格。
Normally, such sentences in the past perfect follow another sentence in the simple past tense, as in the following example.
一般来说，这种过去完成式的句子是紧接着另一个一般过去式的句子，看下面的例句。
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In Citizen Kane, sort of myth of the past is sort of wonderful, perfect childhood playing the snow.
在《公民凯恩》中，过去之谜很精彩,完美的童年，像小孩在玩雪。
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Not with this girl, this girl is perfect. But in the past, I've had lots of problems with roommates.
和这个女孩没吵过，她太完美了。但在过去，我和室友之间存在很多问题。
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