Continuous tense
进行时态
📖 牛津释义
continuous tense
(also progressive tense), (grammar) phrase consisting of part of be and a verb ending in -ing which expresses an action that continues over a period of time, as in `I am/was writing', `They are/were singing' 进行时态（由be的一种形式和以-ing结尾的动词构成的词组, 表示持续一段时间的动作, 如
`I am/was writing', `They are/were singing'.
🧩 词语组成解析
🗣️ 情景例句
Say good-bye to Richard.
替我向Richard说声再见。
The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。
There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.
训练了一半的小象，由于不可避免的情况与他们的主人分离后，竟拒绝吃食，消瘦至死。