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modal verbnounverb I can run fast. 我能跑得快。 Can you call back tomorrow? 明天你能回电话吗？ He couldn't answer the question. 他不能回答那个问题。 The stadium can be emptied in four minutes. 这个体育场能让观众四分钟全部离场。 I can't promise anything, but I'll do what I can. 我不能许诺什么，但会尽力而为。 Please let us know if you cannot attend the meeting. 你若不能参加会议，请通知我们。 She can speak Spanish. 她会讲西班牙语。 Can he cook? 他会做饭吗？ I could drive a car before I left school. 我在中学毕业前就会开车了。 She could feel a lump in her breast. 她摸到自己的乳房里有一个肿块。 I can hear music. 我听见有音乐声。 You can take the car, if you want. 如果想用那辆车，你就尽管用吧。 We can't wear jeans at work. 我们工作时不准穿牛仔裤。 Can I read your newspaper? 我可以看一下你的报纸吗？ Can I take you home? 我送你回家好吗？ Can you help me with this box? 你能帮我搬这个箱子吗？ Can you feed the cat, please? 请你喂一下猫好吗？ That can't be Mary—she's in New York. 那不可能是玛丽，她在纽约呢。 He can't have slept through all that noise. 他不可能在那种闹哄哄的环境里睡好觉。 What can they be doing? 他们究竟在干些什么呢？ Can he be serious? 他难道会当真吗？ Where can she have put it? 她到底把它放哪儿了呢？ He can be very tactless sometimes. 他有时太莽撞。 It can be quite cold here in winter. 这里的冬天有时还真够冷的。 We can eat in a restaurant, if you like. 如果你愿意，我们可以去餐馆吃饭。 I can take the car if necessary. 如果必要的话，我可以乘汽车去。 You can shut up or get out! 你给我闭嘴，要不然就滚出去！ I can't be doing with people who complain all the time. 我无法忍受那些整天发牢骚的人。 I can’t be doing with you moaning all the time. Sorry, no can do. I just don't have the time. 对不起，不行。我就是没有时间。 Can you play the piano?你会弹钢琴吗？ I can hear someone calling我听见有人在呼叫。 The podcast can be downloaded here.播客可在此下载。 Can you/are you able to come on Saturday?你星期六能来吗？ You’ll be able to get a taxi outside the station.在车站外可搭乘出租车。 I haven’t been able to get much work done today.我今天未能干多少工作。 She’d love to be able to play the piano.她很希望能弹钢琴。 Our daughter could walk when she was nine months old.我们的女儿九个月大就会走路了。 I was able to/managed to find some useful books in the library.我总算在图书馆找到了一些有用的书。 I could find some useful books in the library.We weren’t able to/didn’t manage to/couldn’t get there in time.我们未能及时赶到那儿。 I could see there was something wrong.我发觉出事了。 I could have won the game but decided to let her win.我本可以赢得那场比赛，但还是决定让她赢了。 Can I borrow your calculator?我可以借用你的计算器吗？ You can come with us if you want to.如果你愿意可以跟我们一起来。 You can’t park your car there.你不能在那儿停车。 May I borrow your newspaper?把你的报纸借我看行吗？ You may come if you wish.你想来的话可以来。 Visitors may use the swimming pool between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.访客从早 7:00 到晚 7:00 可在游泳池游泳。 Students may not use the college car park.学生不得在学院停车场停车。 He can speak three languages.他会说三种语言。 She will try and visit tomorrow.她明天将设法去参观。 You must find a job.你必须找到一份工作。 You ought to stop smoking.你应当戒烟。 I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago.我过去抽烟，但两年前就戒了。 Can I invite Mary?我可以邀请玛丽吗？ Should I have invited Mary?我本该邀请玛丽吗？ a can of beans豆罐头 a beer can啤酒罐 We drank a can of Coke each. 我们每人喝了一罐可乐。 an oil can油罐 a watering can洒水壶 a can of hairspray一罐喷发定型剂 This is another attempt to kick the can down the road and leave it to the next generation.这又是试图把问题拖延，留给下一代人面对。 He filled a can with water from the pump. He was filling a jerry can with petrol from the pump. She drained her can of beer and threw it away. She sipped from a can of Coke. The floor was littered with empty food cans. This special type of milk comes in a can. We keep the hoses and watering cans in the shed at the end of the garden. We opened a can of sardines for lunch. a 200 g can of tuna cans of oil a can of beans/beer/paint |