然而，知识是过去式的，智慧才代表着未来。

Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.

youdao

如果他死了，必定是火葬。(主句是过去式的被动语态)。

If he died, he was surely cremated.

youdao

take的过去式是took。

The past tense of 'take' is 'took'.

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比如“write”一词，有该词的原形的“write”、第三人称单数的“writes”、过去式的“wrote”以及过去分词的“written”。 是把它们算为4个单词呢，还是算为1个单词？

Should “write”, “writes”, “wrote”, “written” count as four words or one?

youdao

在第一人称的故事里，我是用过去式？

What tense should I use in a first-person story?

youdao

前后都是一般过去式，是这么用的吗？

I went to school by bike when I was in middle school.

youdao

现在午夜了，是时候睡觉了。用动词的过去式表示假设意义。

It's just struck midnight. It's high time we went(go)to bed.

youdao

现在午夜了，是时候睡觉了。用动词的过去式表示假设意义。

It's just struck midnight. It's high time we went(go)to bed.

youdao