We could use the name of a genre, and I'll be talking a lot about genre in this course.

我们可以用某种音乐风格描述它,本课程中,我将会谈到很多音乐风格

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

when you could have told me 6 months ago.

其实你们本可以六个月前告诉我的。

这里的快乐时光 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Well I guess I thought we could be more collusive and kind of work together, but I guess not.

我觉得我们本可以团结合作的,但是我看在这个博弈中不行

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

.. We've done a lot-- I shouldn't say we haven't done anything-- but we can do a lot more.

我们做了很多-,我不该说我们什么都没做-,但是我们可以本做得更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I could have just done this, and the only reason I didn't here is just because now I look - at this, and now it's just getting confusing for me -- even for someone who's been programming for a while.

我本可以这样做，我之所以没有这样做是因为,现在我看着这个，它是我有点迷惑了-,甚至是对于某些已经写了一段时间程序的人来说。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And I think that just in closing, I could talk to you for hours and I appreciate you being willing to sit down with me.

我想在节目结束的时候，我本可以和您聊上几个小时,非常感谢您愿意和我坐下来交谈。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选