奇客生活牛津词典

couldn't

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈkʊd.ənt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkʊd.ənt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • v. 不能（等於could not）

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • She couldn't erase the terrible experience from her memory.
    她無法把那次可怕的經歷從記憶中抹去。
  • They couldn't prevent our defending the rights of the workers.
    他們不能阻撓我們捍衛工人的權利。
    《新英漢大辤典》
  • The channel had chocked up with sand so that boats couldn't use it.
    航道被沙土淤積堵塞，因此船舶不能使用它了。

    • 原聲例句

  • But I couldn't find you and I was afraid he would sell the cask of Amontillado to someone else.
  • It's a set of images that couldn't be more foreign or more alien to the prophetic mode of the Old Testament prophets.
    這是一組不能再背離舊約先知的形象的,一組比喻了。
    耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選
  • You know, I couldn't invite a hundred people and buy them all shoes, you know, to my daughter's birthday party, so
    我不會請一百個人來蓡加我女兒的生日聚會，還給他們每人買雙鞋，所以，
    富家孩子的生日 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

    • 權威例句

  • The difference being that, even if you knew somebody, you couldn't get a room in Shreveport.
    NPR: Get Out of Town

词组短语

    短語

  • couldn 't help 禁不住；不得不
  • couldn n 't love another 不可能再愛另一個人了
  • Couldn 't all 說不出的種種
  • I couldn 't 我做不到

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • short form of could not

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Couldn't is the usual spoken form of "could not." (could not)