couldn't

英 [ˈkʊdnt]

美 [ˈkʊdnt]

could not 的常用口语形式

Collins.5

柯林斯词典

Couldn't I watch you do it?
让我看着你做行吗？
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。
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。
He couldn't imagine why he had let so much time pass without contacting her
他想不通自己为什么过了那么长时间还没有和她联系。
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。
It couldn't be better.
再好不过了。
I couldn't catch up with him.
我撵不上他。
Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more.
这时候，我的心里像有个东西突然绷断了——我再也忍受不了啦。
Why couldn't he listen to her?
他为什么不能听她的呢？
I couldn't trust him anymore
我无法再相信他。