the past perfect
US /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
UK /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
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過去完成式
a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past
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By the time I arrived, they had already eaten.
我到的時候，他們已經吃過飯了。
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She had never seen such a beautiful sunset before that day.
在那天之前，她從未見過如此美麗的日落。