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im.per.fect GRAMMARHIm5pV:7fekt, $-5pV:r-n [U]the imperfect specialized (being) the tense of a verb which most commonly describes an action which has not been completed in the past, used, for example, to refer to an action which was happening when it was suddenly interrupted by another未完成时In the sentence "He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road"the verb "cross"is in the imperfect.在句子He was hit by a car as he was crossing the road中，动词cross是用未完成时。The imperfect tense is also used descriptively, often to begin a story.未完成时可用于描写，常常用来开始一个故事In the sentence "It was a cold December night and the snow was falling heavily"the verb "fall"is in the imperfect tense.在句子It was a cold December night and the snow was falling heavily中，动词fall是用未完成时。
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