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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and this is an important decision we have to make.
这又是我们必须做的一个重大决定。
We have an extended warranty available at extra cost.
对于额外价钱我们有较长的保证期限。
The monks prefer winter to summer of they have more privacy.
修道士们喜欢冬天，而不太喜欢夏天。因为在冬天，他们可以更多地过无人打扰的生活。