sequence of tenses

sequence of tenses

美 　英

  • n.時態的呼應
  • 網絡時態呼應；時態順序；時態的一致

英漢雙解

n.
1.
時態的呼應，時態的一致 （從句的時態受主句時態的制約）the rules according to which the tense of a subordinate clause depends on the tense of a main clause, so that, for example, ‘ think arewrong ’ becomes ‘ thought werewrong ’ in the past tense

英漢解釋

na.
1.
時態的配合[接續,呼應]

英英解釋

n.

例句

In writing or in doing translation, we must pay special attention to sentence construction, agreement, sequence of tenses, verb forms, etc.

在書寫和翻譯時必須注意句子的結構、一致關系、時態呼應、動詞形式等等。

On the Criterion for the Sequence of Tenses of the English Verb

論英語動詞時態呼應的標準

Roported Speech and the Formal Sequence of Tenses in Noun Clauses

間接引語和名詞性從句中正式的時態呼應