Right:The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene in the early 1980's, but less than ten years later,
U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED its early rivals in the panthenon of popular music.
解释如是说:the first clause expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in Past Perfect to indicate continued effect (by a still later past time)
Right:The band U2 WAS just one of many new groups on the rock music scene in the early 1980's, but less than ten years later,
U2 HAD fully ECLIPSED its early rivals in the panthenon of popular music.
解释如是说:the first clause expresses an early action in Simple Past. Then, a second clause expresses a later action in Past Perfect to indicate continued effect <font color="red"><strong>(by a still later past time)
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by a still later past time= 说的是这个时间要比第一个从句发生的时间要靠后。第一从句发生的时间是1980年早期,但是第二个从句发生的时间是 在之后的不到十年间。
所以,这里想说的是 past perpect tense can indicate continued effect. 作者: jay871750293 时间: 2013-4-19 18:03
女王的肥皂 发表于 2013-4-19 17:39
by a still later past time= 说的是这个时间要比第一个从句发生的时间要靠后。第一从句发生的时间是1980 ...