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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

could [kud]
  1. 1. aux vb we couldn't go to the party (referring to past) 我们没能去参加聚会
    last year we couldn't afford a holiday
    去年我们度不起假
    he could be very unkind
    他可能会很刻薄
    he couldn't read or write
    他不会读也不会写
    we could hear him whistling
    我们能听到他正在吹口哨
    she said she couldn't hear me
    她说听不见我说的话
  2. 2. aux vb he could be in the library (possibility) 他可能在图书馆
    I couldn't be happier
    我再高兴不过了
    he could be released next year
    他明年可能被释放
    you could have been killed!
    可能你连命都没了！
    the accident could have been caused by an oil leak
    事故可能是由石油泄漏引起的
  3. 3. aux vb if we had more time, I could finish this (in conditionals with "if") 如果有更多时间，我能够完成的
    we'd have a holiday, if we could afford it
    如果能支付得起的话，我们就去度假了
  4. 4. aux vb (in offers, suggestions, requests) 可以
    I could call a doctor
    我可以叫个医生
    we could always go to the cinema
    我们还是可以去看电影
    couldn't you give him a call?
    你可不可以给他打个电话？
    could I borrow the car?
    我可以借一下车吗？
    if I could just interrupt you for a minute
    我是否可以打扰你一小会儿
    he asked if he could make a phone call
    他问是否可以打个电话
  5. 5. aux vb you could at least be polite! (emphatic) 你至少可以礼貌点儿！
    you could have told me!
    你早该告诉我！
    I could scream!
    我真 想大叫！
    how could you have lied to me?
    你怎么能向我撒谎呢？

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

could [kυd] [kəd] [kud] [kəd]
  1. 1. v.aux can的过去式
    Sorry, at that time we couldn't find that web page!
    对不起，我们找不到那个网页了。
  2. 2. v.aux [在现在时或将来时的动词短语中作助动词v. aux.，在意义和用法上，一般相当于can]尤指[表示有点怀疑或较小程度的能力或可能性]能，可能
    It could be so.
    可能如此。
  3. 3. v.aux [表示允许，许可]能
    Could I go?
    我能去吗?
  4. 4. v.aux [用于虚拟语气结构中，表示与现在事实相反的假设]能，可以
    It would help if he could wait.
    如果他能等待，那将会有所帮助。
  5. 5. v.aux [在虚拟语气结构中表示与过去事实相反的假设]能，可以，得以
    He would have left if he could.
    如果他能够的话，他本来是会离开的。
  6. 6. v.aux [用于婉转语气，有礼貌地提议，比用can更具婉转含义]能
    Could you wait?
    你等一下好吗?

Collins English-English Dictionary

could [kυd]
  1. 1. vb used as an auxiliary to make the past tense of can
  2. 2. vb used as an auxiliary, esp in polite requests or in conditional sentences, to make the subjunctive mood of - sentences, to make the subjunctive mood of can
    could I see you tonight?
    she'd telephone if she could
  3. 3. vb [takes an infinitive without to or an implied infinitive] used as an auxiliary to indicate suggestion of a course of action
    you could take the car tomorrow if it's raining
  4. 4. vb [often foll by well] used as an auxiliary to indicate a possibility
    he could well be a spy
  5. 5. vb [Etymology] Old English cuthe; influenced by would, should; see can1
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Examples

It could be so.
可能如此。 → could
Could I go?
我能去吗? → could
It would help if he could wait.
如果他能等待，那将会有所帮助。 → could
He would have left if he could.
如果他能够的话，他本来是会离开的。 → could
Could you wait?
你等一下好吗? → could
Even a fool could understand.
甚至连傻瓜也懂。 → even
Could you go a piece of pie?
请你尝一块馅饼。 → go
His answer could not be otherwise.
他的回答只能是这样。 → otherwise
We warned them what we could.
我们已尽可能(早)地警告过他们。 → what
Try which method he pleased, he could not succeed.
他无论试验哪种方法都不成功。 → which
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