couldn't

英 [ˈkʊdnt]

美 [ˈkʊdnt]

could not 的常用口语形式

Collins.5

柯林斯词典

I couldn't get back to sleep.
我再也睡不着了。
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。
Darling Neville, I couldn't be more pleased for you
亲爱的内维尔，我真太为你高兴了。
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。
What a pity you couldn't come here yesterday!
昨天你不能来，这真是件憾事！
Why couldn't he listen to her?
他为什么不能听她的呢？
We couldn't stay out there in that desolation another day.
在那个荒凉的地方我们一天也呆不下去了。
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。
When I read this article, thoughts thronged my mind and I couldn't sleep.
读了这篇文章后，我浮想联翩，夜不能寐。
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。