could
英语[编辑]
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词源[编辑]
源自中古英語 coude、couthe、cuthe,源自古英語 cūþe,cunnan (“能够”)(对比相关词cūþ,派生出couth)的直陈过去式或虚拟式。受到与should和would类比的影响,“L”在16世纪初叶引入,两词的“L”常被错误略去的现象(产生了shudd和wode等词形)可能也起到了推动作用。[1][2]
发音[编辑]
- (重讀) 國際音標(幫助):/kʊd/, [kʰʊd]
(美国,非重读)音频: (檔案)
- (非重讀) 國際音標(幫助):/kəd/, [kʰəd]
- (弃用) 國際音標(幫助):/kʊld/, /kuːld/
- 韻部:-ʊd
动词[编辑]
could
- can 的簡單過去時
- Before I was blind, I could see very well.
- 我失明之前视力很好。
- can 的條件式
- 用来表示过去虚拟式,表示与现实相对的假设。
- I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
- 我觉得他要是想肯定会做的。
- I wish I could fly!
- 我要是能飞就好了。
- 用来礼貌地请求许可。
- Could I borrow your coat?
- 我可以借一下你的外套吗?
- 用来礼貌地请求别人做某事。
- Could you proofread this email?
- 您可以帮我校对一下这封邮件吗?
- 用来表示某事可能会发生。
- 2013 6月 29, “Travels and travails”, 出自 The Economist, 卷 407, 期 8842,頁號 55:
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
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- We could rearrange the time if you like.
- 您希望的话我们可以重新安排一下日程。
- 用来表示建议。
- You could try adding more salt to the soup.
- 你试试给汤里多加点盐。
- 用来表示过去虚拟式,表示与现实相对的假设。
- (泰恩賽德外棄用) can 的過去時分詞
- 1981, Anthony Warner, English Auxiliaries: Structure and History, 出版於 1993, →ISBN,頁號 222:
- I haven't could sleep.
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名词[编辑]
could (複數 coulds)
- 可能性
- 1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible,頁號 88:
- When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
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- 2010, Shushona Novos, The Personal Universal: A Guidebook for Spiritual Evolution,頁號 395:
- Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
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参考资料[编辑]
- ↑ “can, v.1.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017
- ↑ Christopher Upward, George Davidson, The History of English Spelling (2011), section "Silent L"