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
OK. Right. Uh, We're at La Traviata restaurant in North Beach.
是，对。我们在North Beach的La Traviata餐厅。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none.
多谋寡成。
for one of the necessary conditions of preservation is quick burial,
因为保存的必要条件之一是迅速掩埋，