couldn't

英 [ˈkʊdnt]

美 [ˈkʊdnt]

could not 的常用口语形式

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• ( could not 的常用口语形式)
  Couldn'tis the usual spoken form of 'could not'.

双语例句

• 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 catch up with him.
  我撵不上他。
• I looked everywhere. I couldn't find him.
  我到处都找了，就是找不到他。
• Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it
  我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。
• Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
  希尔达姨妈和杰克姨父对他们宠爱有加。
• What a pity you couldn't come here yesterday!
  昨天你不能来，这真是件憾事！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。