couldn't
英 [ˈkʊdnt]
美 [ˈkʊdnt]
could not 的常用口语形式
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- ( could not 的常用口语形式)
Couldn't is the usual spoken form of 'could not'.
双语例句
- I couldn't imagine why he would want to be alone with me
我想象不出为什么他会想和我独处。 - I couldn't trust him anymore
我无法再相信他。 - I couldn't manage anything without you.
没有你，我一事无成。 - I couldn't condone what she was doing.
我无法容忍她在做的事。 - Couldn't I watch you do it?
让我看着你做行吗？ - But why couldn't he tell me straight out?
可是他为什么不直截了当地告诉我？ - Darling Neville, I couldn't be more pleased for you
亲爱的内维尔，我真太为你高兴了。 - I had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not
我感冒了，拿不定主意是否要去上班。 - Jamie e-mailed me to say he couldn't come
杰米给我发了电子邮件，说他不能来了。 - I looked everywhere. I couldn't find him.
我到处都找了，就是找不到他。 - Water had fogged his diving mask and he couldn't remember how to clear it
水的雾气模糊了他的潜水镜，他却不记得该怎样除雾了。 - Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。 - I couldn't get back to sleep.
我再也睡不着了。 - I couldn't stay there indefinitely.
我不能无限期地呆在那里。 - Why couldn't he listen to her?
他为什么不能听她的呢？ - He couldn't imagine why he had let so much time pass without contacting her
他想不通自己为什么过了那么长时间还没有和她联系。 - It was pitch-dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing.
房间里一片漆黑，我什么也看不见。 - Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
他们为什么不能像其他人一样，给你取个普普通通的安或艾丽斯的名字呢？ - They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.
他们在我面前竖了一面屏风，所以我看不到发生了什么事情。 - Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more.
这时候，我的心里像有个东西突然绷断了——我再也忍受不了啦。 - I was a talentless spoiler. If I couldn't be good, why should they?
我是个无能的捣乱分子。如果我做不好，他们有什么理由表现好呢？ - Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it
我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。 - I knew I couldn't take him on.
我清楚我斗不过他。 - I couldn't tell if he had been in a fight or had just fallen down
我不知道他是和人家打架了，还是仅仅摔了一跤。 - It couldn't be better.
再好不过了。 - What a pity you couldn't come here yesterday!
昨天你不能来，这真是件憾事！ - I couldn't catch up with him.
我撵不上他。 - When I read this article, thoughts thronged my mind and I couldn't sleep.
读了这篇文章后，我浮想联翩，夜不能寐。 - We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
在那个荒凉的地方我们一天也呆不下去了。 - He explained and explained, but I still couldn't understand.
他说了又说，我还是不懂。