preterite英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.

— When simple verbs redouble the preterite, the compounds drop the first syllable, as: Pello, pĕpŭli, to drive away, to beat back; Repello, rĕpŭli, and not rĕpĕpŭli, to drive back, to repel.

形容词 adj.

Showing an action at a determined moment in the past. not-comparable

— The Dravidian preterite tense is ordinarily formed, like the present, by annexing the pronominal signs to the preterite verbal participle.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. not-comparable

— Without leaving your elbow-chair, you shall go back with me thirty years, which will bring you among things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.

词形变化

preterit alternative praeterite alternative præterite alternative pret. alternative preterites plural preterit alternative praeterite alternative præterite alternative pret. alternative

词汇关系

近义词

past foregone

衍生词

preteriteness

词源

词源 1

From Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum (“time past”)), the past participle of praetereō (“to go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”) (comparative of prae (“before”)) + itum (the past participle of eō (“to go”)).

词源 2

From Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum (“time past”)), the past participle of praetereō (“to go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”) (comparative of prae (“before”)) + itum (the past participle of eō (“to go”)).