他们不能来了，真是遗憾。

What a shame they couldn't come.

《牛津词典》

哦，胡说，她说他们不能来。

Oh fudge, she says they can't come.

youdao

我告诉他们我们的孩子再也不去教堂了，所以他们不能来。

I told them that they weren't going to church anymore, so no, they couldn't.

youdao

And so, it would be a shame for me not to use them to cover some of these issues.

如果不能请到他们来帮助我教授这些主题,那可就太可惜了

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Libertarian says you can't know just from the facts I've just given you.

他们说，你不能仅从这个事实来判断。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

No. They're writing from a later point of view.

不能，因为他们是以后来人的角度来写的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选