present tense:现在时(语法术语),指用来表达现在正在发生、经常性/习惯性事实或普遍真理的一类动词时态。(在英语中常见为 simple present 和 present continuous 等;不同语言的“现在时”体系不尽相同。)
/ˈprez.ənt tɛns/
I work from home.
我在家工作。
In the present tense, the verb often changes form with “he/she/it,” as in “She walks to school every day.”
在现在时中,动词常会在“he/she/it”后发生形式变化,例如 “She walks to school every day(她每天走路去上学)”。
present 来自拉丁语 *praesent-*(“在场的、当前的”),tense 来自拉丁语 tempus(“时间”)。合起来字面意思是“当前的时间(形式)”,后来固定为语法概念“现在时”。