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他一句中文都不会说。	He couldn't talk a word of Chinese.	→
他欢喜得说不出来。	In the fullness of his joy, he could hardly speak.	→
我真是累极了，简直可以睡上一整天。	I'm so tired I could sleep for a whole day.	→
你多花点时间学习课文是有好处的.	You could with profit spend some extra time studying the text.	→
我在人群中寻找她，但看不到。	I looked for her in the crowd but couldn't see her.	→
这家新工厂给自然环境带来的影响可能是灾难性的。	This environmental effect of this new factory could be disastrous.	→
老师帮助他上完了中学，但他无法完成大学的学业。	The teacher helped him through high school, but he couldn't cut the buck in college.	→
我们还以为那是最坏的情况呢，可没想到更糟的还在后面。	We thought that the situation was as bad as it could be, but worse was to follow.	→
他被家庭束缚，不能再到处去旅游了。	He was fettered by his family and could not travel any longer.	→
我们可以听到远处传来的车辆往来的嗡嗡声。	We could hear the distant drone of the traffic.	→
他们探索过各种途径，但是没有找到解决的办法。	They exploded every avenue but could not find a solution.	→
第一只小鸟醒来了，男孩还能听见珍珠鸡在他的前边叫着。	The first bird woke and the boy could hear the guinea-fowl calling ahead of him.	→
这块地毯已经脏得辨认不出原来的颜色了.	The carpet was badly stained, to such an extent that (ie so much that) you couldn't tell its original colour.	→
我真希望我们能够看到更多新的电视节目，而不是翻来覆去的那几个老节目。	I wish we could see more new programmes on television, not repeats all the time.	→
请把账单给我好吗？	Could I have the bill, please?	→
这老人没有手杖就走不了路。	The old man could not walk without a stick.	→
你能告诉我这些鞋子的零售价吗？	Could you tell me the retail prices of these shoes?	→
请您告诉我怎样去联络律师？	Could you please inform me how to go about contacting a lawyer?	→
你去开会之前，咱们能私下说句话吗？	Could we have a word before you go to the meeting?	→
我们（各处）找了半天, 却找不到那本书.	We searched (around) for hours, but couldn't find the book.	→
我的铅笔钝了，你能借我把刀子削一削吗？	My pencil is blunt, could you lend me a knife to sharpen it?	→
她需要使请求语气柔婉，以便尽可能把它变成有礼貌与客气。	She needed to soften her request to make it as polite and courteous as she could.	→
奶奶简直不能相信这事。	Grandma could hardly believe it.	→
今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。	I couldn't make my car start this morning.	→
对不起，我来晚了。刚才我在开会，不能脱身。	I'm sorry I'm late; I was at a meeting and couldn't get away.	→
我不能承受和她分别。	I could not stand parting from her.	→
天在下雪，所以我无法外出。	It was snowing, and so I could not go out.	→
谁也料不到有这些奇怪的事情.	No one could have foretold such strange events.	→
他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。	He could bluff his way through any difficulty.	→
我们已经尽了一切可能来赶上他们。	We have done all we could to catch up with them.	→
我不能再忍受他那傲慢无礼的行为了。	I could not endure the insolence of his behaviour.	→
他重复了几遍直到记住为止.	He repeated it several times over (ie again and again) until he could remember it.	→
她简化了指令以便于儿童理解。	She simplified the instructions so that the children could understand them.	→
任何人碰到那根电线都会遭到严重的电击。	Anyone touching that wire could get badly shocked.	→
我算是放了暑假了, 但却未能真正休息.	I had a kind of/sort of holiday in the summer but I couldn't really relax.	→
我真想说一句, 叫他们谈话放严肃些....	If I could intrude a note of seriousness into this frivolous conversation...	→
着火的房子的冒出的烟在几个街区外都能看到。	The smoke of the burning house could be seen many blocks away.	→
在他们讨论我的前途时，我恨不得能偷偷旁观。	I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they discuss my future.	→
其实用不着在清晨3点钟就把我叫醒吧.	I could have done without being (ie I wish I hadn't been) woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning.	→
回程用的时间比平时长, 因为飞机不能飞越战区.	The journey back took longer than normal, because the plane could not overfly the war zone.	→
那个聪明的男孩把他老师所能教他的所有的知识都吸收了。	The clever boy absorbed all the knowledge his teacher could give him.	→
我不可能及时赶到会场，除非我赶上了较找的一班火车。	I couldn't have got to the meeting on time -- unless I had caught an earlier train.	→
虽然她彻底地用力擦洗那只旧壶，但她无法把它完全洗干净。	Although she scrubbed the old pot thoroughly, she could not make it look completely clean.	→
在战争前那些美好的岁月里，似乎没有任何东西能打破我们平静的生活进程。	It seemed nothing could disturb the even tenor of our existence in those happy prewar days.	→
我感到浑身血液在沸腾。	I could feel blood pulsing through my veins.	→
他声称他可以使鬼魂现身.	He claimed that he could make ghosts materialize.	→
我使尽了浑身解数也劝不动他们.	I tried every trick in the book but I still couldn't persuade them.	→
这些收音机制造厂的产品打不开销路。	The radios producers could not find a market for them.	→
这两块粘合得真好, 几乎看不出接缝.	The two pieces were stuck together so well that you could hardly see the join.	→
我想他反正会以养家为理由来进行辩解。	I suppose that, in justification, he could always claim he had a family to support.	→
这些大森林的毁坏会带来生态上的严重后果。	The destruction of these big forests could have serious ecological consequences.	→
这场争论对我来说太深奥了，我一点都搞不明白。	The argument was too intellectual for me; I couldn't follow a word of it.	→
我的判断经常出错，但是我对祖国的忠诚是无可置疑的。	My judgement was frequently faulty, but my loyalty to the nation could not be questioned.	→
我们当初若是稍微再多考虑一下, 也许就能买到我们真正想要的房子了.	With a little more forethought we could have bought the house we really wanted.	→
导弹有极微小的偏斜也可能酿出大祸.	The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster.	→
他能感觉到他们对他拙劣作品的讽刺语调。	He could feel their sarcastic tone about his poor work.	→
她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。	Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk.	→
他的儿子是一个三岁就能弹奏钢琴的早慧儿童。	His son is a precocious child who could play the piano at the age of three.	→
他们在他床的四周放上屏风，以便医生给他检查。	They put a screen around his bed so that the doctor could examine him.	→
他用光明正大的方法得不到的东西, 就采取卑鄙的欺诈手段.	When he couldn't get what he wanted openly and honestly, he resorted to low cunning.	→
我们作了一次战略性退却，以便我们能积蓄力量再次进攻。	We made a strategic withdrawal, so that we could build up our forces for a renewed attack.	→
你能扶我上楼梯吗？	Could you help me up the stairs?	→
请你把这封信复印一份好吗？	Could you Xerox this letter please?	→
我不太明白，你能再解释一下吗？	I didn't quite follow; could you explain it again?	→
到处都是灰尘, 他不停地打著喷嚏.	With all that dust about, he couldn't stop sneezing.	→
你把议事日程表给（我）复印二十份好吗?	Could you run (me) off twenty copies of the agenda?	→
对不起打扰一下, 请问去车站怎麽走?	I'm sorry to bother you, but could you tell me the way to the station?	→
关於日期[什么时候见面], 我们未能取得一致意见.	We couldn't agree on a date/when to meet.	→
我可以听见他在隔壁屋子里（不停地）锤打东西.	I could hear him hammering (away) in the house next door.	→
他的拒绝是那样委婉得体，所以我们并未感到不快。	His refusal was worded in such a graceful way that we could not be offended.	→
安娜不会游泳, 在游泳池的深水区里挣扎著.	Anna couldn't swim and was left floundering (about/around) in the deep end of the swimming-pool.	→
我以为能负担得起那费用, 後来认真估算了一下才知道过於昂贵.	I thought I could afford it, then I costed it out properly and found it was too expensive.	→
你认为那个冬季——那个叫做不愉快的冬季——十之八九会现再次出现吗？	Do you think there is a likelihood that winter-the winter of discontent as it was called-could be repeated?	→
说不定他已经死了.	For all I know he could be dead.	→
我突然想到一个办法可以让我们改进这种局面.	It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation.	→
他装作一本正经，可是你看得出他是在开玩笑。	He pretended to be serious, but you could tell that he had hi tongue in his cheek.	→
我们可暂时担当这项工作。	We could undertake the work for the time being.	→
听了这话，他不由得笑了起来。	Hearing the words, he couldn't keep from laughing.	→
你能觉察出他们之间有对立情绪.	You could sense the antagonism between them.	→
医生无法解释高烧何以持久不退。	The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the fever.	→
医生无法解释高烧何以持久不退.	The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the high temperature.	→
人群向后退开，让救护车可以开过去。	The crowd bore back so that the ambulance could pass.	→
电线快磨破了，使用起来可能有危险。	The electric wire is fraying and could be dangerous to handle.	→
因为尺子被书盖住了，所以我没找到它。	I could not find my ruler because it was covered up by the books.	→
得知他痛苦的遭遇后，我忍不住同情他。	After learning of his sufferings, I couldn't help sympathizing with him.	→
他来看他们是不是在尽量加紧进行这项工作。	He came to see whether they were doing all they could to rush the work.	→
他使劲向我做手势, 可是我不明白他的意思.	He was gesticulating wildly at me, but I could not understand what he was trying to tell me.	→
他的业务对手都知道不可指望他这样无情的人会手软.	His business rivals knew they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.	→
他个头很大, 夹在我和窗户之间, 我看不见外边的东西了.	He interposed his considerable bulk (ie body) between me and the window, so that I could not see out.	→
孩子们想玩多久就玩多久，他们没有事做，也没有人会责骂他们，总而言之，他们很快乐。	The children could play as long as they liked, they had no work to do, and nobody scolded them, in short, they were happy.	→
他再也抵抗不住了.	He could resist no longer.	→
我晕船, 恨不得立刻上岸.	I'm no sailor and I couldn't wait to reach dry land.	→
她的声音中能听出有些颤抖.	You could hear the quaver in her voice.	→
我一想到他就忍不住颤抖。	I could not repress a shiver whenever I thought of him.	→
脚下一滑就可能从悬崖上跌下去.	One slip and you could fall off the cliff.	→
火车上挤得我都喘不过气来。	There was such a crush on the train that I could hardly breathe.	→
他把诗中记得住的都背诵出来了。	He recited as much of the poem as he could remember.	→
他是那样急躁，我简直拉他不住。	He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.	→
那辆货车遭罢工者抵制而无法卸货.	The lorry had been blacked by strikers and could not be unloaded.	→
多亏你来帮忙--不然我们真没法办.	It's a good job you were there to help we couldn't have managed without you.	→
她泪眼蒙蒙，几乎不能认出自己的儿子。	She could hardly recognize her son through the mist of tears that filled her eyes.	→
他们极力装出情愿的样子撤回了反对意见.	They withdrew their objections with as good a grace as they could manage.	→
他无法消除自己的疑心, 总觉得妻子不忠.	He could not divest himself of the suspicion that his wife was being unfaithful.	→
若时机不当, 一言不慎, 可能毁掉整个计画.	One indiscreet remark at the wrong moment could ruin the whole plan.	→
很遗憾要打扰你一下，我想问问我们什么时候能聊聊。	I'm sorry to trouble you, but I wondered if we could have a word some time.	→
我真希望我的灵魂有个窗户，使得你能够看到我的一些感情。	I wish there was windows to my soul, so that you could see some of my feelings.	→
我能看到他们的家依旧是那个地方孤独的和无家可归的人的避风港。	I could see that as of old their house was a port of call for all the lonely and the lost of the district.	→
他移居到一个遥远的国家，在那里他觉得能摆脱仇敌，可以平平安安地生活。	He emigrated to a distant country, where he felt he could live in safety from his enemies.	→
在那段时间里由于我的鼻子不太通气，晚上常常醒来感到口里和喉咙干得难受。	Because I couldn't breathe properly through my nose at that time, I used to wake up at night with my mouth and throat as dry as paper.	→
有一所房子的模糊轮廓依稀可辨.	The dim outline of a house could be made out.	→
大气中如果没有氧和氮，人就无法生存于地球了。	If it were not for oxygen and nitrogen in the air, no man could live on the earth.	→
他是一个能忍耐的人，但就连他也没法忍受那种挑衅了。	He is a patient man, but not even he could sit down under that kind of provocation.	→
杰克试图警告她，可是风怒浪吼，他无法让她听见她说的话。	Jack tried to warn her but couldn't make his voice heard above the roar of wind and water.	→
等到他被迫向朋友乞讨时, 他觉得自己的境况已糟到无以复加的地步了.	When he was forced to beg from his friends he felt he had touched bottom and could sink no lower.	→
我还没有告诉我的太太她买衣服花钱太多，她先下手为强反问我为什么花那么多钱去买新钓鱼竿。	Before I could tell my wife she had spent too much for the dress, she stole my thunder by asking why I spent so much for the new fishing rod.	→
如果请费尔南德斯走路，教育局可以付钱马上终止合约，或是让他做满任期。费尔南德斯按规定可以在十九万五的年薪之外，还可以领未用病假和其他福利折合现金四十万元。	If Fernandez is shown the door, the board could either buy out his contract immediately or allow him to serve out his term. Fernandez is set to collect$400, 000 in past sick pay and other benefits on top of his$195, 000 salary.	→
那个字你再拼一遍好吗？	Could you spell that word out for me again?	→
别靠近! 那建筑物随时可能倒塌.	Keep back! The building could collapse at any moment.	→
我们把讨论的要点归纳一下好吗?	Could we have a run-through of the main points discussed?	→
朦胧中她只看见树木的轮廓.	She could see only the outline(s) of the trees in the dim light.	→
地点某物所在或可在的地方：地点	A place where something is or could be located; a site.	→
他的儿子已长那麽高了, 他不禁惊叫起来.	He could not help exclaiming at how much his son had grown.	→
【谚】狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸。	"The grapes are sour", as the fox said when he could not reach them.	→
请你将诗人逝世的消息转播给公众好吗？	Could you relay the news of the poet's death out to the public?	→
那些忠实於她的人都认为她不会做坏事.	She could do no wrong (ie do nothing wrong) in the opinion of her devoted followers.	→
教师的嗓音很高, 孩子们都不禁咯咯地笑起来.	The children couldn't stop giggling at the teacher's high-pitched voice.	→
我们爬上小丘的顶端，由此可以俯瞰城市。	We climbed to the top of the small elevation, from which we could look at the town.	→
那囚犯挣扎著（要摆脱那些逮他的人）, 却未能逃脱.	The prisoner struggled (against his captors) but couldn't escape.	→
裁减军备协议难以达成, 症结在於如何证实（如检查武器确已销毁）.	Verification (eg Checking that weapons have been removed) could be an obstacle to an arms agreement.	→
我很想听听可能会发生什麽变动, 但是（关於这一点）不管怎麽打听, 他们就是不说.	I wanted to hear about possible changes, but I couldn't draw them (on that).	→
现在我不会唱歌了，但我年轻的时候会。	I can't sing now, but I could when I was young.	→
我确实没法断定。	I really couldn't tell.	→
这种事谁都难免。	It could happen to anybody.	→
前景好得不能再好了.	The prospects couldn't be rosier.	→
他尽其所能去赢得他的好感。	He did all he could to win his favor.	→
沙漠一直伸展到视线的尽头.	The desert continued as far as the eye could see.	→
黑暗中我看不清那东西是什么。	I couldn't tell what it was in the dark.	→
天渐渐黑了，我看不见字，无法再阅读了。	It was getting dark and I couldn't see to read.	→
古时认为一般金属能变成黄金.	In former times it was thought that ordinary metal could be transmuted into gold.	→
观众静得连别针落地的声音也能听见.	The audience was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.	→
提供虚假资料可能导致合同失效.	The making of false statements could result in the invalidation of the contract.	→
他本来能买那辆车的，但没多久他的公司就倒闭了。	He could have bought the car, but soon his company went bankrupt.	→
他原本能按预定进度做完这件事的，但不知怎地却落后了。	He could have finished it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.	→
在最近的这次危机中，没有一家银行能帮助那些处于困境的公司渡过难关。	In the recent crisis no banks could manage to bail out the companies feeling financial pressure.	→
他与顾客的关系是事务性的，理所当然不可能跟他们之间有多少个人感情。	His relations with his clients were also cut and dried, very little personal feeling could in the nature of things come into them.	→
我希望时光能够倒退回去，我可以重新去过学生时代的生活。我后悔当初不够努力，没有通过更多的考试。	I wish I could put the clock back and relive my schooldays; I regret not having tried harder and passed more exams.	→
她激情已逝, 无从心回意转.	Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.	→
桥已毁坏, 我们无法过河.	The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across (ie cross) the river.	→
他心乱如麻难以镇定下来.	His mind was in such a whirl that he could hardly compose his thoughts.	→
我们没有地方躲避这场风暴.	There was nowhere we could take cover (ie go for protection) from the storm.	→
没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。	Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.	→
这些收音机制造厂产品打不开销路.	The producers of the radios could not find a market for them.	→
经济制裁不能阻碍那个国家的发展。	The economic sanctions could not prevent the development of that country.	→
如果能把这篇文章登在你的期刊上我将很高兴。	I should be glad if you could insert this article into your periodical.	→
比较富裕的农民这时购买化肥，但合作社却买不起。	The richer peasants were buying chemical fertilizer, but the co-op could not afford it.	→
比尔不肯参加球赛，因为他知道他的球艺不好，而他又爱面子。	Bill would not play in the game because he knew he could not do well and he wanted to save face.	→
我梦见我能飞翔.	I dreamt (that) I could fly.	→
她得知自己不能怀孕.	She was told she couldn't conceive.	→
他追赶窃贼却未捉住.	He chased (after) the burglar but couldn't catch him.	→
老虎的踪迹仅依稀可见.	Only faint traces of the tiger's tracks could be seen.	→
他无法说明他旷课的原因。	He could not account for his absence from school.	→
我感到了猫在我的腿上蹭来蹭去。	I could feel the cat rubbing up against my leg.	→
至于地平学说，我相信我能驳斥它。	As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I could refute it.	→
普罗特斯一个能任意改变自己外形的海神	A sea god who could change his shape at will.	→
狐狸躲在猎狗抓不到它的灌木丛中。	The fox hid in the thicket where the dog could not reach it.	→
爸爸尽一切可能来满足我的需求和欲望。	Daddy did all he could to fill my needs and desires.	→
他这个人太懒惰，真想在他屁股上踢一脚。	He is so lazy; he could do with a good kick up the rear.	→
她为抛弃婴儿事辩称自己抚养不起.	She rationalized her decision to abandon her baby by saying she could not afford to keep it.	→
那小孩假装会看书，但他把书都拿颠倒了。	The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.	→
我们来到了岔路口，不能决定走哪一条岔路。	We came to a fork in the road and could not decide which fork we should take.	→
他们聘请了能请到的最好的律师为他们陈述案情.	They employed the best lawyer they could get to plead their case.	→
我不愿让他参加俱乐部，因为他有点捣蛋的味道。	I couldn't care for him to join the club, because he is sort of mischievous.	→
只因为莫尔不能为自己辨护，米尔便乘机攻击他，这是不公正的。	It was unfair for Mill to attack More just because the latter could not answer( him) back.	→
在那之后，简直拦不住他，他觉得该是放弃原有的工作而全力以赴当作家谋生的时候了。	After that, there was no holding him, and the day came when he felt he could chuck his job and to all out to make a living as writer.	→
在数据保密学中，通过合法访问数据的进程将数据传输给未授权的用户的过程。例如，编译程序在编译期间便可能泄漏专用程序。	In data security, the transmission of data to unauthorized users by processes with legitimate access to data. A compiler, for example, could leak a proprietary program whilst it is being compiled.	→
你怎么可以这么粗鲁呢?	How could you be so rude?	→
是否可替我更换座位？	Could you change my seat, please?	→
请你阐述这一理论，行吗？	Could you elaborate on this theory?	→
这个动词可以用进行式吗？	Could this verb be used in progressive form?	→
你能甘心一辈子失业吗?	Could you reconcile yourself to a lifetime of unemployment?	→
这老人想把痰咯出来但他不能。	The old man tried to spit up sputum, but he could not.	→
我们可以回到最初有关集资的问题上吗?	Could we get back to the original question of funding?	→
请把你的各项开支列在这张表格上，好吗？	Could you detail all your expenses on this form?	→
你怎麽竟然做出这种事? 你难道不知羞耻吗?	How could you do such a thing? Have you no shame?	→
你要是到商店去，可以给我捎些香烟来吗？	If you're going to the shops, could you bring me back some cigarettes?	→
当我告诉他那个消息时我自己不知不觉地哽咽起来。	I couldn't account for the lump in my throat when I told him the news.	→
想起自己坎坷的一生，他不由仰天长叹。	He could not but look up to the sky and sigh deeply when his lifetime of frustrations passed through his mind.	→
我们无能为力, 只好不安地坐　等候宣布结果.	There was nothing more we could do, so we just had to sit and sweat it out until the result was announced.	→
我头脑[记忆]里（完全）是一片空白--连一个答案也想不出.	My mind/memory was a (complete) blank I couldn't think of a single answer.	→
那场运动后，自耕农再也不能拥有并在他们自己的土地上耕耘了。	The yeoman could never own and work on their land after the movement.	→
我想我很可能得到这份工作, 可是假设鲍勃也申请的话, 那[他]可能使我的计画落空.	I think I'm likely to get the job, but if Bob applies for it too it/he could queer my pitch.	→
作为居住场所，这个岛似乎为他提供了人们所想望的一切——除了谋生的条件之外。	As a place to stay, the island seemed to him to offer all that the heart could desire except the means of earning a living.	→
工会与资方的最后谈判行将终结，双方努力争取在限期前达成协议。否则，发行187年的《纽约邮报》将被迫永远停刊。	Last-ditch talks headed down to the wire as union and management raced a deadline which could force the New York Post to close down today for good after187 year.	→