could
常见例句
- I could run very fast when I was a schoolgirl.
我当学生时能跑得很快。 - I couldn't get the tickets yesterday.
我昨天没能买到票。 - I could not find the person I was looking for.
我找不到我要找的那个人。 - Could I use your pen?
让我用一下你的钢笔好吗? - What could he mean?
他能是什么意思呢? - How could you be so lazy?
你怎么这么懒? - Father said I could swim in the river.
爸爸说我可以在河里游泳。 - Could I come round tomorrow?
我明天来拜访好吗? - He could arrive tomorrow.
他可能明天到。 - It could be my mother.
可能是我母亲。 - Don't worry, they could have just forgotten to do it.
别担心,他们很可能只是忘了做那件事。 - Somebody must have opened the cage—the tiger couldn't have escaped on its own.
一定是有人打开了笼子——因为老虎是不可能自己跑出来的。 - In my view, this accident could have been prevented.
依我看,这次事故本来是可以避免的。 - You could at least have sent a letter.
你本来至少可以寄封信来吧。 - He turned his face away so that I couldn't see the tears.
他把脸转过去了,我无法看见他的泪水。 - If I could have gone with you,I should have felt very glad.
如果我也跟你一起去的话,我会感到很高兴的。 - She could play the piano when she was five.
她五岁时就能弹钢琴。 - He studied very hard but wasn't able to〔couldn't〕 pass his examination.
他学习很努力,但没能考及格。 - The government could do a lot more to help small businesses.
政府可以做更多的事来帮助小企业。 - We could go after lunch.
我们可以午饭后去。 - You couldn't be so heartless as to disown him.
你不能那么没心肝,连认都不认他。 - What's the use?I couldnot do it.
那有什么用?我不能这么办。 - She could call tomorrow, of course, openly at Green Street.
当然,她可能明天径直到格林大街来。 - There is but one question I could wish to ask.
只有一个问题我还想问一问。 - We could write a letter to him.
我们不妨给他写封信。 - I'm so happy I could weep.
我高兴得要哭。 - Could you do something for me?
你能为我做点儿事吗? - Could they raise sufficient fund, they would start the project.
如果他们筹集到足够的资金,他们将实施这个项目。 - He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。 - So, if we could just move onto something else?
那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？ - Northbridge is a cool, calculating and clever criminal who could strike again.
诺思布里奇是个头脑冷静、诡计多端、阴险狡诈的罪犯，他可能还会犯案。 - In a pinch, you could get home on foot.
在万不得已时, 你可以步行回家. - Now he was dead, and I could not get away from my sadness.
现在他死了, 而我无法摆脱悲痛. - He was rigged up to a machine so that the nurses could check his heartbeat.
他身上连接了机器让护士检查心跳. - We could hear the chanting of the pickets.
我们可以听到罢工纠察员有节奏的喊叫声. - No one could emerge from that avalanche alive, unless one believed that man could rise from the dead.
没人能从那次雪崩中活着出来, 除非相信人能死而复生. - He telephoned Peter that he could not go with us.
他打电话给彼得说他不能和我们一道去了. - How could you overlook paying the rent?
你怎么会忘了付房租? - If prices rise the country could slide into anarchy.
如果物价上涨,国家将有可能陷入混乱状态. - Mary was so embarrassed. She could only hide her face in shame.
玛丽感到特别难堪,她恨不得找个地缝钻进去. - I could hear the director teeing off on his client's complaint as usual.
我能听到主任又像平时一样对客户的抱怨发火. - Neither threats nor promises could change his inflexible determination.
威胁与利诱均不能改变他坚定的决心. - I could tell that he was lying because he faced away while he was speaking.
我敢说他撒谎了,因为他说话时总是往旁边看. - He could memorise nothing.
他什么也记不住. - Looking around, I could see no sign of life.
四处环顾后, 我看不出有生命的迹象. - The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.
那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因. - Mind where you put your feet; you could step on some broken glass.
注意脚底下, 你可能会踩在碎玻璃上. - Harry, could you do the honours? Tom and Angela both want gin and tonic.
哈里, 能劳驾你 吗 ?汤姆和安杰拉都想要掺奎宁水的杜松子酒. - It was so foggy that the driver could hardly make out the way ahead.
浓雾弥漫,司机看不清前面的路. - Mary could hardly get through to Jack.
玛丽几乎无法使杰克明白她的意思. - When I asked him if he could do so, he replied proudly, " What else?
”我问他是否做得到时, 他傲然地回答 “ 那还用问 吗 ?” - No one could overtake him.
没有人能超过他. - The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱. - If you'd given the job to me I could have done it in half the time.
你要是把活儿交给我,我早就做完了. - The captain ordered all sails lowered so the ship could ride out the storm.
船长命令把所有的帆放下以便船只安全渡过暴风雨. - No one could plumb the mystery.
没人能看破这秘密. - With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.
你要是小心一点,本来是可以避免这场不测之祸的. - The few small rivers could not hold all the rain that fell during the wet season.
几条小河容不下雨季的全部雨水. - If you tried, you could do the work better.
如果你试试的话, 准能把那项工作干得更好. - Could it be said that it is impossible of attainment?
难道这是办不到的 吗 ? - The road was blocked, no car could pass.
道路阻塞了, 车子过不去. - There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them.
原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。 - "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
“也许今晚我们可以庆祝一下。”——“你有何打算？” - "Does Will intend to return with us?" Joanna asked as nonchalantly as she could.
“威尔打算和我们一起回去吗？”乔安娜尽量装作若无其事地问道。 - Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。 - "What are you going to do?" — "I don't know. I could always go back in the Navy or something."
“你打算做什么？”——“不知道，我总还是能回到海军或者什么的。” - I tried to carry on a conversation in English, but I could not.
我打算用英语进行对话, 但我不能. - Yes, I intend to visit New York. Could you arrange a trip for me?
是的, 我打算去纽约游览. 您能为我安排一次旅行 吗 ? - We could only hope for the best.
我们只能作最好的打算. - I still felt sleepy and to have some sleep, but somehow I could not make it.
感觉还是有困,打算继续睡, 但怎么也不能入睡了. 麻烦给纠正一下!谢谢! - This was all he could have hoped for.
这是所有他能做出的最好的打算. - Carrie was listening without attempting to reply. She could think of nothing worth while to say.
“嘉莉专心听着,没打算回答, 她想不出什么值得说的话. - John expected to meet us, but his plan miscarried, and he could not come.
约翰想接我们, 但他的打算流产了, 他不能来. - We plan to go sightseeing and that could take some time. I'd prefer a daily rental.
我们打算去观光,可能需要汽车一段时间,我选择日租. - No doubt i could earned something if I had really meant to.
毫无疑问,如果我真打算做的话,我就能够赢得一些东西. - S News rankings, but that could be very important to parents'checkbooks.
这个模板打算是让所提供数据的详细程度达到《美国新闻》中没有被包含, 可却对学生家长开支本来说非常重要的程度. - Yes, I immediately began to see if I could be telepathic with her , and, It'so.
是的, 我立刻开端打算9是否能和她心电感应, 的确可以. - I to get a digital camera so that I could record some classic clinic synptoms.
我打算买个数码相机,这样就可以把一些临床典型体征记录下来了. - You could sign any player in the world for Arsenal?
如果可以的话,你打算为阿森纳签入哪位球员? - You shall see the apartment that I told you you could occupy.
我带你到我刚才告诉你打算给你住的房间去. - You could change a player's hairstyle?
你打算让谁换换发型? - I asked him what his plans were now. He could not answer.
我问他现在要怎样打算, 他也说不出要怎样. - " I tell you, I could freeze to death any day now.
告诉你, 我不定哪天就冻死,我算是明白了,干苦活儿的打算独自一个人混好,比登天还难. - If this idea works in Mexico, it could become a model for other emerging economies.
今年墨西哥打算实验一项颇有吸引力的主意, 一种从丹麦引入的全世界运行最良好的抵押贷款模式之一. - They proposed to turn back and see if they could snatch some victory for themselves.
他们打算回头看看能否为自己攫取某些好处. - You could improve one aspect of your game?
你打算提高哪方面的球技? - AM: You could sign any player in the world for Arsenal?
假如可以的话,你打算为阿森纳签入哪位球员? - I tried to keep it from her until I could make plans for us to leave.
我试图对她隐瞒这件事,直到我们做好打算离开. - I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing.
我能够听到他那急促的呼吸声。 - We could hear sounds of revelry from next door.
我们能够听到隔壁纵饮狂欢的声音。 - She could not move unassisted.
她不能够独力活动。 - We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么，我们只能够猜测而已。 - They have removed all tactical nuclear missiles that could strike Europe.
他们已经拆除所有能够袭击欧洲的战术核导弹。 - In 1914 he (like so many others) lied about his age so that he could join the war effort.
1914年他（跟其他很多人一样）虚报了年龄以便能够参战。 - Though the shoreline could be dimly seen, it was impossible to judge how far away it was.
虽然能够隐隐约约看到海岸线，但无法估计出大概有多远。 - I found we could make some saving and it is right to pass the savings on to the customer.
我发现我们能够做些节省，将节省下来的部分让利于顾客是正确的。 - They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force.
他们大错特错，居然认为以较少的兵力就能够夺取其边境地区。 - If only I could get some sleep, I would be able to cope.
要是我能睡会儿，我就能够应付。 - My father didn't mind whom I married, so long as I could stand on my own two feet and wasn't dependent on my husband.
只要我能够自食其力，不依附于自己的丈夫，嫁给谁我父亲倒是并不介意。 - Nash saw Colin pace out the length of the field in which he had landed to ensure that he could fly safely out of it.
纳什看见科林步测了他着陆场地的长度，以确保自己能够安全飞离。 - Every man who could fight was now committed to defending the ridge.
每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。 - Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?
能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢？ - She was unceremoniously dumped to be replaced by a leader who could win the election.
她被人踢掉了，取而代之的是一个能够赢得选举的领导人物。 - I have not achieved my goal in becoming chief constable, a rank I know I could have worthily held.
我没有实现当警察局局长的目标，但我知道自己已经能够胜任这个职位。 - American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs.
美国公司研究了能够削减这些成本的方法。 - He could just reach the man's head with his right hand.
他举起右手刚刚能够到那个男人的头。 - Their hope was that a new and better East Germany could be born.
他们希望能够诞生一个崭新的、更加美好的东德。 - Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?
你真的认为我能够得到我想要的东西么？ - They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。 - The old law could sentence a woman to an unbearable marriage for life, but this is now all changing.
旧法律能够迫使妇女终身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但这种情况现在已经完全改变了. - I hope the problem could be settled in the course of nature.
我希望这个问题能够自然而然地解决. - He could do his work in life efficiently with a background of domestic comforts.
安逸的家庭环境使他能够有效地从事他的事业. - No one could play by ear.
没有人能够凭听觉而不是识谱来演奏乐器. - They discovered that they could shear sheep, take the wool, weave it and fashion the material into warm coats and suits,.
他们发现他们能够剪羊毛 、 纺绒线、织成毛料, 然后把毛料做成暖和的衣服. - The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then.
这个飞机场是在大战期间建造的, 但是由于某种原因当时没有能够使用. - I could do so if I would.
要是我愿意,我能够这样做(但我不愿意). 返回 could