过去完成进行时是什么意思?应该怎么用?

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过去完成进行时表示一个动作从过去某时开始,一直延续到另一个过去时刻,到那个时刻,该动作可能刚刚终止,也有可能还在继续。

一、结构形式

过去完成进行时由“had been+现在分词”构成,因此无人称变化。

二、用法归纳

1.过去完成进行时表示持续到过去某时的一个动作(可算是现在完成进行时的过去式):

The ground was wet. It had been raining. 地是湿的。此前一直在下雨。

At last the bus came. I had been waiting for half an hour. 最后公共汽车来了,我已等了半小时。

She was out of breath. She had been running. 她气喘吁吁,她一直在跑来着。

2.过去时间可用一个时间状语表示:

When I first met her, she had been working in the company for ten years. 我第一次见到她时,她在那家公司已工作十年了。

I had not been waiting long when a taxi drew up. 我没等多久就来了一辆出租车。

Until/Up till then she had been living with her daughter. 到那时为止她一直和她女儿一起住。

3.但在更多情况下过去时间由另一句子表示出来,无需加上时间状语:

Her eyes were red. It was obvious she had been crying. 她眼睛红红的,显然她是哭了。

Jane was annoyed. Peter had been phoning her every night. 简很不高兴。彼得一直每晚给打电话。

4.有时上下文可说明是谈过去的事,因此不需要时间状语:

She had been watching TV all day. 她看了一天的电视。

I had been reading your book. 我一直在看你写的书。

5.这个时态也可用在某些从句中,这时从句的动作发生在主句的动作之前而对其有影响:

I heard you’d been looking for me. 我听说你一直在找我。

That was just the letter I had been expecting. 这正是我一直期待的信。

That was exactly what we had been trying to do. 这正是我们一直想做的事。

三、特别补充

1.凡不能用于进行时的动词均不能有这种时态,但动词want (有时还有wish) 除外。如:

The boy was delighted with his new knife. He had been wanting one for a long time. 男孩对新小刀很高兴。他早就想要一把了。

2.过去完成进行时没有被动语态。

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