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could
英：【kəd】美：【kʊd】
英：
美：
aux.
可以, 能, 可能
can的过去式
who could have
-谁［没人］会
nobody could have
-谁［没人］会
could not (help)but
-不能不
1 、He
could
bluff his way through any difficulty.───他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
2 、He
could
nt restrain his curiosity.───他抑制不住自己的好奇心。
3 、He
could
nt finish reading it anywise.───他无论如何也读不完。
4 、He ran for his life as fast as he
could
.───他尽可能快地逃走了。
5 、He
could
have hugged himself at his success.───他很可能因他的成功而沾沾自喜。
6 、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？
7 、The prospects
could
nt be rosier.───前景好得不能再好了。
8 、A babel of voices
could
be heard from the street.───可以听见街上一阵噪囔的声音。
9 、Your criminal record
could
count against you in finding a job.───你有前科对你找工作很不利。
10 、We
could
nt agree on a date/when to meet.───关於日期【什么时候见面】，我们未能取得一致意见。
11 、He made a living as best as he
could
.───他在竭尽全力把实验做好。
12 、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。
13 、He
could
not resist the temptation to steal.───他经不起想要偏巧的诱惑。
14 、Could you come back home early this evening?───今天晚上你能早回家吗？
15 、How
could
you treat her so badly? Shame on you!───你怎麽能待她那麽坏? 真可耻！
16 、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。
17 、He looked around but
could
see nobody.───他四处望了一下，看不到什么人。
18 、John
could
do any thing when put to his stumps.───只要强迫约翰拿出干劲来，他什么事都干得出来。
19 、He
could
see three people through the mist.───他透过雾能看见三个人。
20 、She
could
knit up a babys coatee in an afternoon.───她一个下午就能编结好一件婴孩的紧身短上衣。
21 、Could you lend me 10? Im completely broke!───你能借给我10英镑吗? 我一个钱也没有！
22 、He decided to taste all the herbs he
could
find.───他决定把能找到的草药都尝一尝。
23 、He proved he
could
keep straight.───他的表现证明他能规规矩矩地做人。
24 、He did all he
could
to win his favor.───他尽其所能去赢得他的好感。
25 、Could you enlarge upon your suggestion?───你能不能详细谈谈你的建议。
26 、The criminals
could
not have escaped without your connivance.───囚犯没有你的默契配合，是逃不掉的。
27 、Could you drive me to the station?───你可以开车送我到车站去吗？
28 、Nothing they say
could
faze him.───他们说什麽都烦扰不了他。
29 、They
could
not follow the lecture.───他们听不懂这次演讲。
30 、It was as much as he
could
do to pay his way.───他只能做到不负债的地步。
31 、Could is used to make more tentative suggestions.───可用以提出较试探性的建议。
32 、You
could
always use a dictionary.───你无论如何还可以使用词典嘛。
33 、Gone are the days when a big nation
could
lord it over small ones.───大国可以对小国称王称霸的日子已经一去不复返了。
34 、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。
35 、In the fullness of his joy, he
could
hardly speak.───他欢喜得说不出来。
36 、It was snowing, and so I
could
not go out.───天在下雪，所以我无法外出。
37 、Could you give me a ride to the station?───你能开车送我到车站吗？
38 、Could you teach me how to meditate?───你能否教我如何打坐？
39 、He claimed that he
could
make ghosts materialize.───他声称他可以使鬼魂现身。
40 、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。
41 、I
could
nt make my car start this morning.───今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。
42 、He
could
nt teach such dull children.───他教不好这样呆笨的孩子。
43 、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。
44 、I wish I
could
be a master of this subject.───但愿我能精通这门学科就好了。
45 、In the gloom I
could
only just discern the outline of a building.───在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来。
46 、A strange shape
could
be seen through the fog.───在雾中隐约可见到一个奇怪的人形。
47 、Nothing
could
foul up their militant spirit.───什么也不能挫伤他们的斗志。
48 、Could you run and fetch a doctor for me?───你能跑去给我请一个医生吗？
49 、Could you possibly lend me 10 dollars?───你能借给我十美元吗？
50 、Could you tell me the retail prices of these shoes?───你能告诉我这些鞋子的零售价吗？
51 、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。
52 、Just think of what we
could
learn there!───只要想想我们在那儿可以学到东西吧！
53 、A good hot summer
could
dry the ground out.───一个炎热的夏天可以将大地干透。
54 、I wish I
could
be master of this language.───但愿我能精通这门语言。
55 、If you like, we
could
go out this evening.───你要是愿意的话，咱们今天晚上出去。
56 、He
could
nt play cricket to save his life.───他费了九牛二虑之力却还是打不好板球。
57 、He
could
do nothing but stand and wonder.───他只得惊奇地站著不动。
58 、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。
59 、He
could
scarcely keep in his indignation.───他愤怒得难以自持。
60 、He
could
not adequately express his sentiment.───他无法恰当地表达出他的感情。
61 、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。
62 、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？
63 、Grandma
could
hardly believe it.───奶奶简直不能相信这事。
64 、He put the book up where we
could
reach it.───他把书举到我们够得着的地方。
65 、He
could
hardly contain his anger.───他怒不可遏。
66 、Through a chink she
could
see a bit of blue sky.───从缝隙中他可以看到一线蓝天。
67 、She
could
nt stand to be told what to do.───她不容别人指使她。
68 、You
could
sense the antagonism between them.───你能觉察出他们之间有对立情绪。
69 、Could you type this letter for me?───你能为我打这封信吗？
70 、He
could
nt hold down a job after his breakdown.───他病倒以後，工作也就保不住了。
71 、Could you use wooden cases instead?───你们能不能改用木箱？
72 、The wounded boy
could
not forbear to cry out.───受伤的男孩忍不住哭了。
73 、He
could
remember events far back in the past.───他能记得很早以前的事情。
74 、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。
75 、Could you align this table with those?───你能把这张桌子同那些桌子排成一行吗？
76 、Nothing short of this
could
mend the case.───不这样就不能挽回局面。
77 、How
could
you be so stupid as to believe him?───你怎么这么笨竟相信他的话？
78 、Could I adjust to Chinese life at72?───七十二岁的我能适应中国的生活吗？
79 、Could you give me a rough idea when youll be back?───你能告诉我你大概什么时候回来吗？
80 、Many of them
could
nt get along upon their wages.───他们中间很多人那时不能靠工资过活。
could是什么意思单词？
could 是情态动词 can 的过去形式，有两层含义：一是表示 “有能力”；
一是表示可能性。除了表示过去外，could 常用于委婉语气。
关于could的用法
1，can/could
表示能力；可能
（过去时用could）,
只用于现在式和过去式（could）。be
able
to可以用于各种时态。例如：
they
will
be
able
to
tell
you
the
news
soon.
他很快就能告诉你消息了。