① 動詞や助動詞の活用形のひとつで、過去時制において用いられるもの、一般には単純過去のものを指す。② 昔のことがらとみなされるさま。
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
past (exam) question collection
largest ever; biggest; record
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
to become a thing of the past
lowest ever; record-low; lowest on record
highest ever (number of); record-high; most on record
past (exam) question collection
to become a thing of the past
① 過去よりさらに前の動作や状態を表す時制。英語では過去完了形で表す。例、「I thought he had been sick.（私は彼が（それ以前に）病気だったと思った。）」
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
fewest ever; fewest on record; record-low
aorist tense (Greek); past-perfective tense
aorist tense (Greek); past-perfective tense
past tense; preterit tense