couldn't是什么意思

"Of course, I didn't know she couldn't read, so there I was submitting these reports," he said, "She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them.

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Eventually, my cough got so much worse that I couldn't sleep at night, so I decided to give it a try.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

It wouldn't be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn't reproduce it in most of the US either.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Members—including guys named Jobs and Wozniak—started making and inventing things they couldn't buy.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Most people couldn't afford to do otherwise.

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

No matter how many different remedies I tried, I still couldn't get rid of the cough.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with the virtual assistant and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

While the "average" male and "average" female brains were slightly different, you couldn't tell it by looking at individual brain scans.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

I looked through my suitcase but couldn't find anything to wear.

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

One international study found that 84% of people say they couldn't go a day without their smartphones.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn't even afford the ones where I'd been accepted.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

So I couldn't say exactly what our expenses are.

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

This system couldn't care less how often you use it.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

As a child, Adeline couldn't understand why the medal was so significant.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I couldn't reach anyone at the phone number on the cat's tag.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 A 原文

As sad as it was, I couldn't help smiling.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Bob thought he couldn't go to the party because he had to write a report, but he went after all.

2018年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

But Christiansen couldn't find the Yellowstone volcano anywhere.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

But he said that they were all nice people and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that.

2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

But once I started, I simply couldn't put it down.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

But the only thing that wasn't very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn't catch anything.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Cars and horses couldn't travel on the snowy roads.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

He couldn't return it when it was broken.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

He couldn't walk, but he managed to get out of the crevasse and started to move towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers away.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

He was very upset that he couldn't earn enough money to support his family.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

His son couldn't write his book reports.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation.

2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

I didn't mean to eat anything but the ice cream looked so good that I couldn't help trying it.

2018年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

I had hoped to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I couldn't manage it.

2019年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

I wanted to go to college after high school, but I couldn't.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

In the 1960s,while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone national park,bob christiansen became puzzled about something that,oddly,had not troubled anyone before：he couldn't find the park's volcano.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In the following days, the owner still couldn't be contacted.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 A 原文

It was really annoying; I couldn't get access to the data bank you had recommended.

2016年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

It was so noisy that we couldn't hear ourselves speak.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

It's almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as:"I didn't understand what you said about [main topic of the course] "or "I couldn't understand any of your lectures last week."

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Kate heard a man's voice in the background, but she couldn't make out what he was saying.

2019年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I couldn't find.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

She couldn't help but stop mom from reading.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food.

2017年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

She couldn't wait to tear the newspaper apart.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn't afford shoes.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldn't find anyone.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They couldn't see or hear each other and, by mistake, simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

When berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldn't tell how much they'd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, but were none the wiser—they didn't feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Yellowstone obviously was of this second type, but Christiansen couldn't find the caldera anywhere.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed, and couldn't stop talking about it.

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn't be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline's three-year indictment of "fast fashion".

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ