could
可以,可,能,可能
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- : a simple past tense of can.
- : : I wonder who that could be at the door. That couldn't be true.
- : : You could do it if you tried.
- : : Could you open the door for me, please?
- : : Could I borrow your pen?
- : : You could write and ask for more information. You could at least have called me.
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Examples
Note: These are only a handful of many aborted could-be classics.
Many men (and women) evaluated Sarah Palin, the could-have-been GOP vice president from Alaska, based on her appearance.
Is this year's Sundance sales frenzy a direct result of last year's little-movie-that-could?
Jerry Brown, California's once and could-be future governor, is a master of reinvention, just like the pop icon.
That ugly fellow who swore at me the day before was in the boat, and I c-could understand him.
And Glora and Alan—in our present size-could doubtless disembark safely.
If only she could summon him from the moonlight out there; if only she were a witch-could see him, know where he was, what doing!
He was all innuendo and strange hints and whispered secrets, and I-could-if-I-woulds.
Anthony said you-could hear Emmy's tongue striking the roof of her-mouth all thee time.