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at as Newton was, many of his ideas have been challenged today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time. 雖然牛頓是個偉大的人物,但他的許多見解直到今天還在受到挑戰(zhàn),并且被現(xiàn)代科學(xué)家的工作所修正。 例:We have been working on this project for over a month now. 到目前為止,我們一直在處理那個項目,已經(jīng)花了一個多月時間了。就是我們常說的”過去的過去”。 ?、诒硎緩倪^去的過去開始,持續(xù)到過去的動作或情況,并且有可能會繼續(xù)延續(xù)下去。 By the time I left the school, he had taught the class for 3 years. 到我畢業(yè)時,他已經(jīng)教那個班三年了. :had been doing 表示從過去的過去開始,持續(xù)到過去的動作或情況,期間一直有規(guī)律的在進(jìn)行、不曾間斷,并且有可能會繼續(xù)延續(xù)下去。 例:The old clock had been being taken apart of and fixed up again for several times by my 10year old son before I came back home. 我回到家之前,我10歲大的兒子已經(jīng)把這個舊鐘表拆卸并重新組裝了好幾回了。 例:They said that by the end of the following month, the project would have been being worked for 3 years. 他們說到第二個月底為止,這項工程就已經(jīng)不停地進(jìn)行了3年了。 7