单词sequence of tenses
na.: 时态的配合[接续,呼应]
时态的呼应，时态的一致 （从句的时态受主句时态的制约）:
the rules according to which the tense of a subordinate clause depends on the tense of a main clause, so that, for example, ‘ think arewrong ’ becomes ‘ thought werewrong ’ in the past tense
In writing or in doing translation, we must pay special attention to sentence construction, agreement, sequence of tenses, verb forms, etc.
在书写和翻译时必须注意句子的结构、一致关系、时态呼应、动词形式等等。
On the Criterion for the Sequence of Tenses of the English Verb
论英语动词时态呼应的标准
Roported Speech and the Formal Sequence of Tenses in Noun Clauses
间接引语和名词性从句中正式的时态呼应