"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。”
It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment.
它消耗掉了原本可以用作投资的大量资本。
When 23-year-old Marilyn Brown started to feel run-down last December, it never occurred to her that she could have tuberculosis.
当23岁的玛丽莲•布朗去年12月开始感到疲惫的时候，她未曾想到她会得肺结核。
An' ye had described it to me, ye could have had it three weeks ago.
要是你们告诉我的它的样子的话，你们三个星期前就可以找到了。
I was hoping I could have a moment of your time if you're not too busy.
如果你不太忙的话，我希望能占用你一点时间。
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。
Because they are so dim, it is plausible that the sun could have a secret companion.
它们是那么的暗淡，因此太阳还是很有可能有一颗神秘的伴星。
If it could only ditch this electron, it could have the same electronic structure as neon.
如果它能失去这个电子，它就能拥有和氖一模一样的电子结构。
This finding could have important implications for how we think about educating adolescents.
这一发现可能对我们思考如何教育青少年有着重要的意义。
Larger feathers could have increased lift incrementally, until sustained flight was gradually achieved.
较大的羽毛可以逐渐增加升力，直到逐渐实现持续的飞行。
Even when dependent on the same trade, adjoining communities could have dramatically different unemployment rates.
即使依赖于同样的贸易，毗邻的社区也可能有截然不同的失业率。
I could have pressed charges against him.
我原本可以起诉他的。
I could have wept thinking about what I'd missed.
想到所失去的东西，我真想痛哭一场。
Events could have developed in a dramatically different way.
事情本来可以发展成另一种样子。
They could have withdrawn into the mountain fastness of Eryri.
他们本来可以撤回到艾瑞的山区要塞里。
It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker.
托比竟会是袭击我的人，这对我来说简直是匪夷所思。
The weakened currency could have damaging effects for the economy.
货币贬值可能会对经济造成破坏性的影响。
Cuts in the health service could have tragic consequences for patients.
减少公共医疗卫生服务可能对病人造成悲惨的后果。
There's no denying (the fact) that quicker action could have saved them.
无可否认，如果行动快一点，本来是救得了他们的。
You could have spared yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance.
你要是先打个电话就用不着跑这一趟了。
Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.
降低利率可能给经济带来灾难性后果。
He could have died after developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight to Sydney.
他在飞往悉尼的航班上引发成深部静脉血栓之后，差点送命。
The charming characters she draws look like they could have walked out of the 1920s.
她画的那些可爱人物看上去像是从20世纪20年代走出来的。
Doctors told him the disease could have been caused by years of working in smoky clubs.
医生们告诉他，他的病可能是多年在烟雾弥漫的俱乐部工作所引起的。
It is a sobering thought that in the 17th century she could have been burned as a witch.
如果是在17世纪，她有可能被当作女巫烧死，这一点是令人深思的。
She could have made the sandwich herself; her mother needn't have bothered to do anything.
她本可以自己做三明治；她母亲本来不用费心做任何事。
What could have caused the crows to caw?
什么能让乌鸦叫的？
If you had told me, I could have helped.
如果你告诉我，我就能帮上忙了。
He could have worked on a ranch in the west, couldn't he?
他本可以在西部的一个大农场工作，难道不是吗？
He could have worked on a ranch in the west, couldn't he?
他本可以在西部的一个大农场工作，难道不是吗？
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