The release of the hostages could not be achieved without the use of force.

不使用武力不可能使人质获释。

《牛津词典》

He could not bear to be seen to act dishonourably.

他不能忍受别人认为他行径可耻。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Even now we could not be sure that the militants would not find some new excuse to call a strike the following winter.

即使到现在，我们也不能确定这些激进分子不会找到某个新的借口在下一年冬天号召一场罢工。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A United States District Court said intelligent design was not science and could not be separated from religious belief.

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It's not a social role in the way that she could be granddaughterly or motherly on those other occasions.

这不是一个她可以像孙女,或者母亲一样的社会角色。

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So, could be, those are his reasons that he's not crazy because he gets all of it out.

所以，或许那些可以证明他不是个疯子，因为他已抽身于作品之外了。

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That there are not could be explained by the fact that the accumulation of sediment in most rocks is so slow that the two layers are, in effect, superimposed.

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This could mean, for example, that the troops in the various wars could not be supplied or paid, that air traffic controllers could not be paid, that the US government could not roll over the debt that comes due or issue the new debt that pays for 43% of federal budget expenditures.

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But the choice in this election could not be bigger and the stakes could not be higher.

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