11.32 過(guò)去完成進(jìn)行時(shí)

過(guò)去完成進(jìn)行時(shí)
表示一個(gè)動(dòng)作從過(guò)去某時(shí)開(kāi)始，一直延續(xù)到另一個(gè)過(guò)去時(shí)刻，到那個(gè)時(shí)刻，該動(dòng)作可能剛剛終止，也有可能還在繼續(xù)。

形式
had been + V-ing形式

用法
1.表示過(guò)去某一時(shí)間之前一直進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作。
I had been looking for it for days before I found it. 這東西我找了好多天才找著的。
They had only been waiting for the bus a few moments when it came. 他們只等了一會(huì)兒車(chē)就來(lái)了。

2.表示反復(fù)的動(dòng)作。
He had been mentioning your name to me. 他過(guò)去多次向我提到過(guò)你的名字。
You had been giving me everything. 你對(duì)我真是有求必應(yīng)。

3.過(guò)去完成進(jìn)行時(shí)還常用于間接引語(yǔ)中
The doctor asked what he had been eating. 醫(yī)生問(wèn)他吃了什么。
I asked where they had been staying all those days. 我問(wèn)他們那些天是呆在哪兒的。

4.過(guò)去完成進(jìn)行時(shí)之后也可接具有“突然”之意的when分句。
I had only been reading a few minutes when he came in. 我剛看了幾分鐘他就進(jìn)來(lái)了。
I had been sleeping when my friend telephone me. 我正在睡覺(jué)時(shí)，我的朋友給我打電話。

特別含義
1.尚未完成：He had been writing the novel．（He had not finished it yet．）
2.企圖：He had been studying the meaning of this proverb．（He was trying to study it．）
3.未得結(jié)果：We had been studying what our enemy had said．（But we were not able to understand it．）
4.最近情況：He had been quarrelling with his wife．（lately）
5.反復(fù)動(dòng)作：He had been asking me the same question．（Many times）
6.情緒：What had he been doing？（不耐煩）