对于过去完成时的又一点理解

She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.

在上面句子标红的部分中, 为什么要用过去完成时来修饰make这个动作?

答: as引导的是原因状语从句, 其对应的主句为 she was impatient to try it on. 由于主句中的时态是一般过去时, 而make这个动作发生在she was impatient 之前, 所以用过去完成时修饰make.

(例句摘自 新概念英语3 Lesson 13 It's only me)