过去式

in the last resort───作为最后一着

in the same canoe───在同一条独木舟上

in the first instance───首先；起初；在初审时

in the first place───首先；起初

in the last analysis───说到底，归根到底（等于inthefinalanalysis）

in the act of───正在做…时

in the altogether───一丝不挂的；裸体

in the balance───悬而未决；在危急状态中

in the extreme───非常；极度

It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.───就好像科琳已经死了似的：他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。

You said love in the past tense.───你说爱用过去时态。

By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense.───顺便说一下，这些问题都是用过去时写的。

At the end of the volume, Mr. Jobs answers the question "What drove me? " by discussing himself in the past tense.───书至尾声，乔布斯用过去时态，自述回答了这个问题“是什么力量在推动我？”

Narrative of the mind is what happened in the past, in principle, is usually written in the past tense.───记叙文所记的都是过去发生的事，原则上通常用过去时态写。

It was a kind of love letter, you see: it just happened to be framed exclusively in the past tense.───那是一封情书，你瞧：它只是恰巧用了过去时专门限定罢了。

Nevertheless, it seems right to speak of incandescent bulbs in the past tense.───不过，说白炽灯泡已经处于过去时，似乎是对的。

But as you can see, all these questions are asked in the past tense - because the actuality of these are low.───但就像你所看到的，这些问句都是过去式，因为这些东西的现实度都很低。

Most English verbs are inflected with "-ed" in the past tense.───英语大多数动词过去式词尾均变化为-ed的形式。

In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.

It was an academic exercise, a query set in the past tense.

The former wrote of the apostles in the past tense.

Add -ed to all these verbs to put them in the past tense.

I think her husband must be dead - she always talks about him in the past tense.

In the sentence "I stroked the cat", "stroked" is in the past tense.

This is written in paragraphs explaining in the past tense what has been seen.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. Sarah Dessen 

For the next three weeks my career was in the past tense.