could-主題

could

[kud]

can的過去式
aux.可以, 能, 可能

例句與用法：

I had to pay a 500 deposit to the landlord before I could move into the house.

我得付給房東500英鎊押金才能搬進房裡去。

He had no money, nor did he know anyone he could borrow from, either.

他沒有錢，也不知道能夠向誰借錢。

There were about 500 people there, as near as I could judge.

那裡有500人，依我看有這麼多。

So hard did he study that he could easily pass the examination.

他那麼努力，因而能夠輕易地通過那次考試。

The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.

那位婦人說結婚20年來，聽不到她丈夫的呼嚕聲，她就睡不著覺。

Always he sought someone to whom he could talk without caution.

他一直在找一個能夠隨便談談的人。

I wish we could see more new programmes on television, not repeats all the time.

我真希望我們能夠看到更多新的電視節目，而不是翻來覆去的那幾個老節目。

I can't sing now, but I could when I was young.

現在我不會唱歌了，但我年輕的時候會。

以上來源於大辭典