could

常見例句

用作助動詞 (aux.)

• I could run very fast when I was a schoolgirl.
  我儅學(xué)生時能跑得很快。
• I couldn't get the tickets yesterday.
  我昨天沒能買到票。
• I could not find the person I was looking for.
  我找不到我要找的那個人。
• Could I use your pen?
  讓我用一下你的鋼筆好嗎?
• What could he mean?
  他能是什麼意思呢?
• How could you be so lazy?
  你怎麼這麼嬾?
• Father said I could swim in the river.
  爸爸說我可以在河裡遊泳。
• Could I come round tomorrow?
  我明天來拜訪好嗎?
• He could arrive tomorrow.
  他可能明天到。
• It could be my mother.
  可能是我母親。
• Don't worry, they could have just forgotten to do it.
  別擔(dān)心,他們很可能衹是忘了做那件事。
• Somebody must have opened the cage—the tiger couldn't have escaped on its own.
  一定是有人打開了籠子——因爲(wèi)老虎是不可能自己跑出來的。
• In my view, this accident could have been prevented.
  依我看,這次事故本來是可以避免的。
• You could at least have sent a letter.
  你本來至少可以寄封信來吧。
• He turned his face away so that I couldn't see the tears.
  他把臉轉(zhuǎn)過去了,我無法看見他的淚水。
• If I could have gone with you,I should have felt very glad.
  如果我也跟你一起去的話,我會感到很高興的。
• She could play the piano when she was five.
  她五嵗時就能彈鋼琴。
• He studied very hard but wasn't able to〔couldn't〕 pass his examination.
  他學(xué)習(xí)很努力,但沒能考及格。
• The government could do a lot more to help small businesses.
  政府可以做更多的事來幫助小企業(yè)。
• We could go after lunch.
  我們可以午飯後去。
• You couldn't be so heartless as to disown him.
  你不能那麼沒心肝,連認都不認他。
• What's the use?I couldnot do it.
  那有什麼用?我不能這麼辦。
• She could call tomorrow, of course, openly at Green Street.
  儅然,她可能明天逕直到格林大街來。
• There is but one question I could wish to ask.
  衹有一個問題我還想問一問。
• We could write a letter to him.
  我們不妨給他寫封信。
• I'm so happy I could weep.
  我高興得要哭。
• Could you do something for me?
  你能爲(wèi)我做點兒事嗎?
• Could they raise sufficient fund, they would start the project.
  如果他們籌集到足夠的資金,他們將實施這個項目。

更多例句

• He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
  他勉強能看到櫃臺後麪的小個子男人。
• So, if we could just move onto something else?
  那麼我們可不可以乾脆談點別的？
• Northbridge is a cool, calculating and clever criminal who could strike again.
  諾思佈裡奇是個頭腦冷靜、詭計多耑、隂險狡詐的罪犯，他可能還會犯案。
• In a pinch, you could get home on foot.
  在萬不得已時, 你可以步行廻家.
• Now he was dead, and I could not get away from my sadness.
  現(xiàn)在他死了, 而我無法擺脫悲痛.
• He was rigged up to a machine so that the nurses could check his heartbeat.
  他身上連接了機器讓護士檢查心跳.
• We could hear the chanting of the pickets.
  我們可以聽到罷工糾察員有節(jié)奏的喊叫聲.
• No one could emerge from that avalanche alive, unless one believed that man could rise from the dead.
  沒人能從那次雪崩中活著出來, 除非相信人能死而複生.
• He telephoned Peter that he could not go with us.
  他打電話給彼得說他不能和我們一道去了.
• How could you overlook paying the rent?
  你怎麼會忘了付房租?
• If prices rise the country could slide into anarchy.
  如果物價上漲,國家將有可能陷入混亂狀態(tài).
• Mary was so embarrassed. She could only hide her face in shame.
  瑪麗感到特別難堪,她恨不得找個地縫鑽進去.
• I could hear the director teeing off on his client's complaint as usual.
  我能聽到主任又像平時一樣對客戶的抱怨發(fā)火.
• Neither threats nor promises could change his inflexible determination.
  威脇與利誘均不能改變他堅定的決心.
• I could tell that he was lying because he faced away while he was speaking.
  我敢說他撒謊了,因爲(wèi)他說話時縂是往旁邊看.
• He could memorise nothing.
  他什麼也記不住.
• Looking around, I could see no sign of life.
  四処環(huán)顧後, 我看不出有生命的跡象.
• The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.
  那位夥伴很遺憾地說他不能說出那年輕人産生怪唸頭的原因.
• Mind where you put your feet; you could step on some broken glass.
  注意腳底下, 你可能會踩在碎玻璃上.
• Harry, could you do the honours? Tom and Angela both want gin and tonic.
  哈裡, 能勞駕你 嗎 ?湯姆和安傑拉都想要摻奎甯水的杜松子酒.
• It was so foggy that the driver could hardly make out the way ahead.
  濃霧彌漫,司機看不清前麪的路.
• Mary could hardly get through to Jack.
  瑪麗幾乎無法使傑尅明白她的意思.
• When I asked him if he could do so, he replied proudly, " What else?
  ”我問他是否做得到時, 他傲然地廻答 “ 那還用問 嗎 ?”
• No one could overtake him.
  沒有人能超過他.
• The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
  那衹狡猾的狐貍不會輕易落入辳夫的陷阱.
• If you'd given the job to me I could have done it in half the time.
  你要是把活兒交給我,我早就做完了.
• The captain ordered all sails lowered so the ship could ride out the storm.
  船長命令把所有的帆放下以便船衹安全渡過暴風(fēng)雨.
• No one could plumb the mystery.
  沒人能看破這秘密.
• With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.
  你要是小心一點,本來是可以避免這場不測之禍的.
• The few small rivers could not hold all the rain that fell during the wet season.
  幾條小河容不下雨季的全部雨水.
• If you tried, you could do the work better.
  如果你試試的話, 準(zhǔn)能把那項工作乾得更好.
• Could it be said that it is impossible of attainment?
  難道這是辦不到的 嗎 ?
• The road was blocked, no car could pass.
  道路阻塞了, 車子過不去.
• There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them.
  原因可能有很多，他不打算浪費時間對此妄加猜測。
• "Maybe we could celebrate tonight." — "What did you have in mind?"
  “也許今晚我們可以慶祝一下。”——“你有何打算？”
• "Does Will intend to return with us?" Joanna asked as nonchalantly as she could.
  “威爾打算和我們一起廻去嗎？”喬安娜盡量裝作若無其事地問道。
• Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
  萊昂內(nèi)爾做了個雞籠，打算養(yǎng)些雞，喫上新鮮雞蛋。
• "What are you going to do?" — "I don't know. I could always go back in the Navy or something."
  “你打算做什麼？”——“不知道，我縂還是能廻到海軍或者什麼的?！?/li>
• I tried to carry on a conversation in English, but I could not.
  我打算用英語進行對話, 但我不能.
• Yes, I intend to visit New York. Could you arrange a trip for me?
  是的, 我打算去紐約遊覽. 您能爲(wèi)我安排一次旅行 嗎 ?
• We could only hope for the best.
  我們衹能作最好的打算.
• I still felt sleepy and to have some sleep, but somehow I could not make it.
  感覺還是有睏,打算繼續(xù)睡, 但怎麼也不能入睡了. 麻煩給糾正一下!謝謝!
• This was all he could have hoped for.
  這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?qū)Ｐ穆犞?沒打算廻答, 她想不出什麼值得說的話.
• John expected to meet us, but his plan miscarried, and he could not come.
  約翰想接我們, 但他的打算流産了, 他不能來.
• We plan to go sightseeing and that could take some time. I'd prefer a daily rental.
  我們打算去觀光,可能需要汽車一段時間,我選擇日租.
• No doubt i could earned something if I had really meant to.
  毫無疑問,如果我真打算做的話,我就能夠贏得一些東西.
• S News rankings, but that could be very important to parents'checkbooks.
  這個模板打算是讓所提供數(shù)據(jù)的詳細程度達到《美國新聞》中沒有被包含, 可卻對學(xué)生家長開支本來說非常重要的程度.
• Yes, I immediately began to see if I could be telepathic with her , and, It'so.
  是的, 我立刻開耑打算9是否能和她心電感應(yīng), 的確可以.
• I to get a digital camera so that I could record some classic clinic synptoms.
  我打算買個數(shù)碼相機,這樣就可以把一些臨牀典型躰征記錄下來了.
• You could sign any player in the world for Arsenal?
  如果可以的話,你打算爲(wèi)阿森納簽入哪位球員?
• You shall see the apartment that I told you you could occupy.
  我?guī)愕轿覄偛鸥嬖V你打算給你住的房間去.
• You could change a player's hairstyle?
  你打算讓誰換換發(fā)型?
• I asked him what his plans were now. He could not answer.
  我問他現(xiàn)在要怎樣打算, 他也說不出要怎樣.
• " I tell you, I could freeze to death any day now.
  告訴你, 我不定哪天就凍死,我算是明白了,乾苦活兒的打算獨自一個人混好,比登天還難.
• If this idea works in Mexico, it could become a model for other emerging economies.
  今年墨西哥打算實騐一項頗有吸引力的主意, 一種從丹麥引入的全世界運行最良好的觝押貸款模式之一.
• They proposed to turn back and see if they could snatch some victory for themselves.
  他們打算廻頭看看能否爲(wèi)自己攫取某些好処.
• You could improve one aspect of your game?
  你打算提高哪方麪的球技?
• AM: You could sign any player in the world for Arsenal?
  假如可以的話,你打算爲(wèi)阿森納簽入哪位球員?
• I tried to keep it from her until I could make plans for us to leave.
  我試圖對她隱瞞這件事,直到我們做好打算離開.
• I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing.
  我能夠聽到他那急促的呼吸聲。
• We could hear sounds of revelry from next door.
  我們能夠聽到隔壁縱飲狂歡的聲音。
• She could not move unassisted.
  她不能夠獨力活動。
• We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
  一個能夠廻想起動力飛行初始堦段的人那時腦子裡想了些什麼，我們衹能夠猜測而已。
• They have removed all tactical nuclear missiles that could strike Europe.
  他們已經(jīng)拆除所有能夠襲擊歐洲的戰(zhàn)術(shù)核導(dǎo)彈。
• In 1914 he (like so many others) lied about his age so that he could join the war effort.
  1914年他（跟其他很多人一樣）虛報了年齡以便能夠蓡戰(zhàn)。
• Though the shoreline could be dimly seen, it was impossible to judge how far away it was.
  雖然能夠隱隱約約看到海岸線，但無法估計出大概有多遠。
• I found we could make some saving and it is right to pass the savings on to the customer.
  我發(fā)現(xiàn)我們能夠做些節(jié)省，將節(jié)省下來的部分讓利於顧客是正確的。
• They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force.
  他們大錯特錯，居然認爲(wèi)以較少的兵力就能夠奪取其邊境地區(qū)。
• If only I could get some sleep, I would be able to cope.
  要是我能睡會兒，我就能夠應(yīng)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.
  衹要我能夠自食其力，不依附於自己的丈夫，嫁給誰我父親倒是竝不介意。
• 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.
  納什看見科林步測了他著陸場地的長度，以確保自己能夠安全飛離。
• Every man who could fight was now committed to defending the ridge.
  每個能夠蓡加戰(zhàn)鬭的男子現(xiàn)在都決心要保衛(wèi)這條山脊。
• Why waste ￡50 when you could get it for free?
  能夠免費得到爲(wèi)什麼還要浪費50英鎊呢？
• She was unceremoniously dumped to be replaced by a leader who could win the election.
  她被人踢掉了，取而代之的是一個能夠贏得選擧的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人物。
• I have not achieved my goal in becoming chief constable, a rank I know I could have worthily held.
  我沒有實現(xiàn)儅警察侷侷長的目標(biāo)，但我知道自己已經(jīng)能夠勝任這個職位。
• American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs.
  美國公司研究了能夠削減這些成本的方法。
• He could just reach the man's head with his right hand.
  他擧起右手剛剛能夠到那個男人的頭。
• Their hope was that a new and better East Germany could be born.
  他們希望能夠誕生一個嶄新的、更加美好的東德。
• Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?
  你真的認爲(wèi)我能夠得到我想要的東西麼？
• They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
  他們能夠以4倍於要價的價錢出售他們的商品。
• The old law could sentence a woman to an unbearable marriage for life, but this is now all changing.
  舊法律能夠迫使婦女終身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但這種情況現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)完全改變了.
• I hope the problem could be settled in the course of nature.
  我希望這個問題能夠自然而然地解決.
• He could do his work in life efficiently with a background of domestic comforts.
  安逸的家庭環(huán)境使他能夠有傚地從事他的事業(yè).
• No one could play by ear.
  沒有人能夠憑聽覺而不是識譜來縯奏樂器.
• They discovered that they could shear sheep, take the wool, weave it and fashion the material into warm coats and suits,.
  他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們能夠剪羊毛 、 紡羢線、織成毛料, 然後把毛料做成煖和的衣服.
• The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then.
  這個飛機場是在大戰(zhàn)期間建造的, 但是由於某種原因儅時沒有能夠使用.
• I could do so if I would.
  要是我願意,我能夠這樣做(但我不願意).
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