“完成式”常见的英文表达是 “perfect tense”,在语法领域,它指用来表示动作已完成或状态已存在的时态,具体可分为现在完成时(present perfect tense)、过去完成时(past perfect tense)和将来完成时(future perfect tense)等。
例如:
The present perfect tense is used to talk about actions or states that started in the past and continue to the present.(现在完成时用于谈论过去开始并持续到现在的动作或状态 。)
We had finished our homework before dinner.(晚餐前我们就已经完成了作业。 这里“had finished”是过去完成时 。)