could
[kud]
can的过去式
aux.可以, 能, 可能
例句与用法:
I had to pay a 500 deposit to the landlord before I could move into the house.
我得付给房东500英镑押金才能搬进房里去。
He had no money, nor did he know anyone he could borrow from, either.
他没有钱,也不知道能够向谁借钱。
There were about 500 people there, as near as I could judge.
那里有500人,依我看有这麽多。
So hard did he study that he could easily pass the examination.
他那么努力,因而能够轻易地通过那次考试。
The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
那位妇人说结婚20年来,听不到她丈夫的呼噜声,她就睡不着觉。
Always he sought someone to whom he could talk without caution.
他一直在找一个能够随便谈谈的人。
I wish we could see more new programmes on television, not repeats all the time.
我真希望我们能够看到更多新的电视节目,而不是翻来覆去的那几个老节目。
I can't sing now, but I could when I was young.
现在我不会唱歌了,但我年轻的时候会。
v.aux.
1. can的过去式
She could play the violin when she was five.
她五岁时便能拉小提琴了。
2. (用于虚拟语气, 表示与事实相反的设想)能, 可以
I wish I could go to France.
但愿我能去法国。
I would go if I could.
能去我就去。
3. (表示可能性)可能
That could be my train.
那可能是我要乘的火车。
4. (用于婉转语气)能, 可以
Could I smoke here?
我可以在这里抽烟吗?
Couldn't you try it again?
你可否再试一下?
could
■A good hot summer could dry the ground out.
一个炎热的夏天可以将大地干透。
■Could I adjust to Chinese life at72?
七十二岁的我能适应中国的生活吗?
■Nothing short of this could mend the case.
不这样就不能挽回局面。
■Nothing could foul up their militant spirit.
什么也不能挫伤他们的斗志。
■I couldn't make my car start this morning.
今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。
■Could you come back home early this evening?
今天晚上你能早回家吗?
■Form where we lay anchor, we could see the ships in the offing.
从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。
■Through a chink she could see a bit of blue sky.
从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。
■Many of them couldn't get along upon their wages.
他们中间很多人那时不能靠工资过活。
■They could not follow the lecture.
他们听不懂这次演讲。
■They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case.
他们聘请了能请到的最好的律师为他们陈述案情。
■Nothing they say could faze him.
他们说什麽都烦扰不了他。
■He decided to taste all the herbs he could find.
他决定把能找到的草药都尝一尝。
■He could do nothing but stand and wonder.
他只得惊奇地站著不动。
■It was as much as he could do to pay his way.
他只能做到不负债的地步。
■He could bluff his way through any difficulty.
他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
■He looked around but could see nobody.
他四处望了一下,看不到什么人。
■He made a living as best as he could.
他在竭尽全力把实验做好。
■He claimed that he could make ghosts materialize.
他声称他可以使鬼魂现身。
■He did all he could to win his favor.
他尽其所能去赢得他的好感。
■He ran for his life as fast as he could.
他尽可能快地逃走了。
■He could not avoid having to atone for what he had done.
他干了坏事,免不了要自食其果。
■He could have hugged himself at his success.
他很可能因他的成功而沾沾自喜。
■He could hardly contain his anger.
他怒不可遏。
■He used to do such work as he could pick up.
他惯常能够找到什么活就干什么活。
■He could scarcely keep in his indignation.
他愤怒得难以自持。
■He put the book up where we could reach it.
他把书举到我们够得着的地方。
■He couldn't restrain his curiosity.
他抑制不住自己的好奇心。
■He couldn't teach such dull children.
他教不好这样呆笨的孩子。
■He could not adequately express his sentiment.
他无法恰当地表达出他的感情。
■He couldn't finish reading it anywise.
他无论如何也读不完。
■In the fullness of his joy, he could hardly speak.
他欢喜得说不出来。
■He piped (a jig) so that we could dance.
他用笛子吹奏(吉格舞曲)好让我们跳舞。
■He couldn't hold down a job after his breakdown.
他病倒以後,工作也就保不住了。
■His wife is everything a man could wish for.
他的妻子具有男人想要的一切优秀品质。
■He proved he could keep straight.
他的表现证明他能规规矩矩地做人。
■He was seized with a restlessness he could not account for.
他突然感到一阵莫明其妙的不安情绪。
■He could not resist the temptation to steal.
他经不起想要偏巧的诱惑。
■He could remember events far back in the past.
他能记得很早以前的事情。
■He couldn't play cricket to save his life.
他费了九牛二虑之力却还是打不好板球。
■He could see three people through the mist.
他透过雾能看见三个人。
■He was so weak from hunger he could hardly raise his meagre arms.
他饿得虚弱无力,连骨瘦如柴的胳膊都举不起来。
■Anyone touching that wire could get badly shocked.
任何人碰到那根电线都会遭到严重的电击。
■I wish I could be a master of this subject.
但愿我能精通这门学科就好了。
■I wish I could be master of this language.
但愿我能精通这门语言。
■Do you think Jack could bite in his secret want?
你以为杰克能忍住不说出他藏在心里的欲望吗?
■Could you use wooden cases instead?
你们能不能改用木箱?
■Could we have a word before you go to the meeting?
你去开会之前,咱们能私下说句话吗?
■Could you drive me to the station?
你可以开车送我到车站去吗?
■How could you be so stupid as to believe him?
你怎么这么笨竟相信他的话?