1. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "timepast" "his youth ispast" "thispastThursday" "thepastyear" 2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" 3. a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states...
8.It was the third time that he had beenout of work that year 这是他那一年第三次失业。 9.I had finished reading the novel by nineo'clock last night 到昨晚9点钟,我已经读完这本小说。 四、如何判定过去完成时? a ( 1 ) I had finished reading the novel by nineo'clock last night. 昨晚...
(1999). Parent education: A term whose time is past. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 19 (3), 157-161.Winton PJ, Sloop S, Rodriguez P. Parent education: a term whose time is past. Topics Early Child Spec Educ 1999; 19: 157-60....
This time was also marked by changes in many other types of organisms. Overall, about 38 percent of the families of marine animals were lost, with percentages much higher in some groups. Ammonoid mollusks went from being very diverse and abundant to being extinct. An extremely abundant set ...
In other words, you use it when you’re already talking about the past and need to refer to something even further back in time. The past perfect is formed with the formula had + [past participle of main verb]. Here are a couple of examples of the past perfect: By 1997, my parents...
The term, "the empire on which the sun never sets," was then used for the Spanish Empire under Philip II and his successors, when it reached a global territorial size, two centuries before the British Empire boasted the epithet. Viewing history through a Latin American lens, Galeano highlight...
new-born babies are now vaccinated against HBV. HBV screening is also carried out for pregnant women, and babies borne of mothers who test positive for HBV receive a hepatitis B immune globulin shot, which provides immediate, short-term protection against hepatitis B infection, in addition to th...
3. To become void, especially through the passage of time or an omission: an insurance policy that had run out. 4. To cause or allow (the time remaining in a sports contest) to elapse. run over 1. To collide with, knock down, and often pass over: The car ran over a child. 2....
Sansa'smentorDanyellaWilderisattractedbythelong-termnatureofmentoringatWriteGirl.Wilderwishesshehadaprogramlikethisherselfwhenshewas15."Tojusthaveanorganizationwherepeoplearespendingtheirtimejusttotellyou,'Hey,goodjob,'or'Thatwasamazing.'You'reattheagewhereyouneedtohearthat."(1)WhydidSansajoinWriteGirl? _...
The notorious protection law was not abolished until 1997. In June 2008, Japan officially recognized the Ainu as Hokkaido's indigenous people for the first time, following the international movement to protect indigenous people, especially after the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou...