couldn't

英 [ˈkʊdnt]

美 [ˈkʊdnt]

could not 的常用口语形式

Collins.5

柯林斯词典

Jamie e-mailed me to say he couldn't come
杰米给我发了电子邮件，说他不能来了。
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？
It couldn't be better.
再好不过了。
It was pitch-dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing.
房间里一片漆黑，我什么也看不见。
I couldn't stay there indefinitely.
我不能无限期地呆在那里。
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 had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not
我感冒了，拿不定主意是否要去上班。
Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。
They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.
他们在我面前竖了一面屏风，所以我看不到发生了什么事情。
Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
他们为什么不能像其他人一样，给你取个普普通通的安或艾丽斯的名字呢？