Could
[ kəd ]
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aux. “can”的过去式;能够，打算;用于假设语气的条件句;用于虚拟语气的结论句;
📝 例句
Notice the reduction of could have, should have, and would have.
标出could have，should have和would have的缩写。
Both "can"and "could"in this sentence refer to a future possibility.
这句子中的“can”和“could”指的是一种将来可能性。
That could be my train.
那可能是我要乘的火车。
I wish I could go to France.
但愿我能去法国。
She could play the violin when she was five.
她五岁时便能拉小提琴了。
📖 牛津释义
could
modal
v (neg 否定式 could not, contracted form 缩约式 couldn't)
1 (indicating permission 表示允准)
Could I use your phone? 让我用一下你的电话好吗?
Could I borrow your bicycle? 我可以借一下你的自行车吗?
Could I come round next week? 我下星期来拜访好吗? =>Usage 1 at may1 见may11项.
2 (indicating requests 表示请求)
Could you baby-sit for us on Friday? 星期五你替我们照看小孩行吗?
Could you type one more letter before you go? 你临走以前再打一封信行吗?
Do you think I could have a cigarette? 我可以吸支香烟吗?
3 (indicating result 表示结果)
I'm so unhappy I could weep. 我难过得要哭.
What's for dinner? I could eat a horse. 吃什麽饭? 我饿得要命.
4 (indicating possibility 表示可能性)
You could be right, I suppose. 我想可能是你对.
My wife's in hospital our baby could arrive at any time. 我妻子住进了医院--我们的?quot;Ρλ媸倍伎赡艹錾?
Don't worry they could have just forgotten to phone. 别担心--他们很可能只是忘了打电话.
Somebody must have opened the cage the lion couldn't have escaped on its own. 一定是有人打开了笼子--因为狮子是不可能自己跑出来的.
You could at least have sent a card, ie It was possible but you didn't do it. 你本来至少可以寄张明信片来吧. =>Usage 2 at may1 见may12项.
5 (indicating suggestions 表示建议)
We could write a letter to the headmaster. 我们不妨给校长写封信.
You could always try his home number. 实在不行的话, 你还可以试一试他家的电话号码. =>Usage 3 at shall 见shall所附用法第3项. could, pt of can2.
🔁 扩展释义
*[kud]aux. 可以, 能
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You're right. We've earned it.
你说得对，我们有这样做的权利。
It seems to be the best solution.
这似乎是最好的解决办法。
What are you doing?
你在干什么？