the past perfect
US /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
UK /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
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过去完成时
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.
我到的时候，他们已经吃过饭了。
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She had never seen such a beautiful sunset before that day.
在那天之前，她从未见过如此美丽的日落。