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'tis the usual spoken form of 'could not'.

双语例句

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• I knew I couldn't take him on.
  我清楚我斗不过他。
• I couldn't stay there indefinitely.
  我不能无限期地呆在那里。
• It couldn't be better.
  再好不过了。
• I couldn't trust him anymore
  我无法再相信他。
• He explained and explained, but I still couldn't understand.
  他说了又说，我还是不懂。
• 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。