His brother ____(hope) to catch the last train,but he was too late为什么用had hoped

问题描述:

His brother ____(hope) to catch the last train,but he was too late为什么用had hoped

表示曾经的意愿.
我的经验是,做这种用逗号隔开,后句用BUT等转折词连接,表示事情的前后发展顺序.就根据后句的时态来做.后句是过去时,前句就使用过去完成事态,如果后句是现在时,前句就用过去时.