could

【发音】

美 /kʊd/ 英 /kəd; kʊd/

【翻译】

1. modal.能，会，可以（can的过去式）

   英释:used as the past tense of ‘can’ to say what someone was able to do or was allowed to do in the past

【短语】

1. could be : 可能是；有可能

2. could have : 本能够；本来也可以

3. how could i : 我怎么能；我如何能够

4. could have done : 本来能做成的（却没做成）

5. nobody could : 没人能做到；那么别人也休想

6. could not help : 禁不住，忍不住

7. could break : 可能破碎

8. could do with : 需要；将就；能对付

9. could not but : 不得不…

10. so how could i : 我又怎么能够

【例句】

1. By the time she was eight, she could read Greek and Latin.

   她八岁时就会读希腊文和拉丁文了。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...It was like living in an age you could never have imagined...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...which could be why fewer people in that group actually made it to that point...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream...

4. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...could you tell me...

5. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 写作题)...generally speaking could meet you needs...

6. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans...

7. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...I could tell you everything about every day after that...

8. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of...

9. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 写作题)...you could also visit me at my dorm: 101Room at Dorm 1...

10. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12...