| 英语单词 | could |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [kəd] 美 [kəd] |
| 中文释义 | aux.可以；能；可能；can的过去式 |
| 英语例句 | (1) We could relax the procedure slightly in your case. (2) Could this verb be used in progressive form? (3) I can't sing now, but I could when I was young. (4) The exam results could determine your career. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我们可以根据你的情况通融一些。 (2) 这个动词可以用进行式吗？ (3) 现在我不会唱歌了，但我年轻的时候会。 (4) 考试成绩可能会决定你的前途。 |
| 柯林斯解释 | Could is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. Could is sometimes considered to be the past form of can, but in this dictionary the two words are dealt with separately. could 为情态动词，与动词原形连用。could 有时被视为 can 的过去式，但本词典对这两个词条分别列词解释。 1 [MODAL 情态动词]能；会 You use could to indicate that someone had the ability to do something. You use could not or couldn't to say that someone was unable to do something. →see usage note at:can
2 [MODAL 情态动词]可能会；有时会 You use could to indicate that something sometimes happened.
3 [MODAL 情态动词]本能够，本可以(表示某事本有可能发生但却并未发生) You use could have to indicate that something was a possibility in the past, although it did not actually happen.
4 [MODAL 情态动词](表示某事可能属实或可能发生)可能 You use could to indicate that something is possibly true, or that it may possibly happen.
5 [MODAL 情态动词](表示某事不属实)不可能 You use could not or couldn't to indicate that it is not possible that something is true.
6 [MODAL 情态动词](表示可能性、能力或机会)可能 You use could to talk about a possibility, ability, or opportunity that depends on other conditions.
7 [MODAL 情态动词]好像；仿佛 You use could when you are saying that one thing or situation resembles another.
8 [MODAL 情态动词](表示提议或建议)可以 You use could, or couldn't in questions, when you are making offers and suggestions.
9 [MODAL 情态动词](用于礼貌地提出请求或征得许可。当说话者意识到可能被拒绝时，可以用 couldn't 代替 could)能，可以 You use could in questions when you are making a polite request or asking for permission to do something. Speakers sometimes use couldn't instead of 'could' to show that they realize that their request may be refused. [politeness]
10 [MODAL 情态动词](用以礼貌地打断某人或引出将要说的话)请允许我 People sometimes use structures with if I could or could I as polite ways of interrupting someone or of introducing what they are going to say next. [politeness] [FORMAL 正式] [SPOKEN 口语]
11 [MODAL 情态动词](用以强调某人应该做所提及的事情，尤用于当说话者因为其没做该事而生气时) You use could to say emphatically that someone ought to do the thing mentioned, especially when you are annoyed because they have not done it. You use why couldn't in questions to express your surprise or annoyance that someone has not done something. [emphasis]
12 [MODAL 情态动词](表示想要做某事的强烈感情) You use could when you are expressing strong feelings about something by saying that you feel as if you want to do the thing mentioned, although you do not do it. [emphasis]
13 [MODAL 情态动词](用在if后以谈论没有能力或机会做但为考虑可能的结果而设想去做的事) You use could after 'if' when talking about something that you do not have the ability or opportunity to do, but which you are imagining in order to consider what the likely consequences might be.
14 [MODAL 情态动词](与比较级连用，强调某物或某人具备某种特征的程度)太…，再…不过 You use could not or couldn't with comparatives to emphasize that someone or something has as much as is possible of a particular quality. For example, if you say 'I couldn't be happier', you mean that you are extremely happy. [emphasis]
15 [MODAL 情态动词]怎么会(用在疑问句中强调对所发生的不愉快之事的感受) In speech, you use how could in questions to emphasize that you feel strongly about something bad that has happened. [emphasis]
16 [CONVENTION 惯用语]不用了(谢绝更多的食物或饮品) You say 'I couldn't' to refuse an offer of more food or drink. [INFORMAL 非正式] [SPOKEN 口语]
17 could do with→see: do ； |
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