imperfect
adj
1 faulty or defective; not perfect 有缺點(diǎn)的; 有瑕疵的; 殘缺的; 不完美的: an imperfect copy 殘本
imperfect knowledge, understanding, etc of sth 對(duì)某事物的不完備的知識(shí)、 不透徹的理解等.
2 [attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
(grammar) of the verb tense that expresses incomplete action in the past (more usually called continuous or progressive) 動(dòng)詞的過去未完成時(shí)態(tài)(通常多稱過去進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài))
the imperfect tenses in French 法語(yǔ)的過去未完成時(shí)態(tài). imperfect, n the imperfect [sing]
(grammar) (verb in the) tense that expresses incomplete action in the past; continuous aspect (表示過去未完成行為的)過去未完成時(shí)態(tài)(的動(dòng)詞); 進(jìn)行體
`I was speaking' is in the imperfect. `I was speaking'是過去未完成時(shí)態(tài).
??? 情景例句
on the school board,
在聯(lián)合校董會(huì)中
Never mind.
別放在心上。
the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.