She says philosophically: "It could have been far worse."
她泰然自若地说，“情况本来可能会糟得多。”
His design was infinitely better than anything I could have done.
他的设计比我所能设计的不知要好上多少倍。
The accident could have been much worse; luckily no harm was done.
这次事故本来可能糟糕得多；所幸没有造成伤害。
"If I could have just what I wanted," Sharon mused, "I'd work half days."
“如果我能心想事成”，莎伦沉思自语道，“我想只工作半天。”
One could have heard a pin drop.
一根针掉在地上都能听见。
It was the best thing she could have said.
这是她能说的最好的话了。
The next breath you take could have come from beyond Pluto.
你吸入的下一口空气有可能来自比冥王星更遥远的地方。
The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one.
这些学生们把原本可能是被动的互动变成了主动的互动。
He could have anything he asked for and was never made to do anything he did not like to do.
他想要什么就能得到什么，也从来没有人强迫他做他不喜欢做的事。
They were given a choice between receiving a small reward, such as a cookie, immediately, or if they waited 15 minutes, they could have two.
孩子们可以选择立即得到一个小奖励，比如一块曲奇，或者如果他们等15分钟，就可以得到两块曲奇。
Don't worry—they could have just forgotten to call.
别担心，他们可能只是忘了打电话。
He wished he could have helped her more than he did.
他希望自己当时能更多地帮帮她。
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。
She could have been a brilliant pianist if she'd put her mind to it.
如果她专心致志，坚持到底，她本可以成为一名杰出的钢琴家。
She could have chosen gardening but she chose painting.
她本可以选择园艺，却选中了绘画。
Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of experimentation and renewal.
莉娅本可以轻易地落入满足的陷阱中；但是，她的活力激励她步入尝试和更新阶段。
I could have just drawn a trapezoid directly on my fabric, but I made a paper pattern to better illustrate how to draft the correct shape.
我本可以直接在我的织物上画一个梯形，但是我做了一个纸样来更好地说明如何画出正确的形状。
或许我们可以野餐？
"Welcome back" was all they said. I could have kissed them!
“欢迎回来，”他们只说了这一句。我本想亲吻他们的。
It was the best possible surprise anyone could have given me.
那是我曾感受过的最大惊喜。
In sports and many areas of life, we think of failures as evidence of something we could have done better.
在体育运动和生活的许多领域，我们认为失败是我们本可以做得更好的佐证。
Even the children who had above-average self-control as preschoolers could have benefited from more self-control training.
甚至那些自制力高于平均水平的学龄前儿童也能从更多的自制力训练中受益。
Even the children who had above-average self-control as preschoolers could have benefited from more self-control training.
甚至那些自制力高于平均水平的学龄前儿童也能从更多的自制力训练中受益。
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