分类：教育/科学-外语学习-英语考试
问题：英语学习Theman______aboat,buthefaile 
The man ______ a bt,but he failed.A.meant to build  B.meant building  C.had meant to build  D.had meant building如何选择？理由？谢谢！
回答：本题选C.had meant to build 。原因在于but he failed是一般过去式，mean这个动作发生在failed之前，所以用过去完成时。
意思是：这位男子本想造条船，不过却失败了。
再如，I had thought that he would come, but he didn't.