couldn't

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

She couldn't erase the terrible experience from her memory.
她無法把那次可怕的經(jīng)歷從記憶中抹去。
They couldn't prevent our defending the rights of the workers.
他們不能阻撓我們捍衛(wèi)工人的權(quán)利。
《新英漢大辤典》
The channel had chocked up with sand so that boats couldn't use it.
航道被沙土淤積堵塞，因此船舶不能使用它了。

But I couldn't find you and I was afraid he would sell the cask of Amontillado to someone else.
It's a set of images that couldn't be more foreign or more alien to the prophetic mode of the Old Testament prophets.
這是一組不能再背離舊約先知的形象的,一組比喻了。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
You know, I couldn't invite a hundred people and buy them all shoes, you know, to my daughter's birthday party, so
我不會(huì)請一百個(gè)人來蓡加我女兒的生日聚會(huì)，還給他們每人買雙鞋，所以，
富家孩子的生日 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

The difference being that, even if you knew somebody, you couldn't get a room in Shreveport.
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