could only

I could only get out by fighting through the crowd.

我只能从人群中奋力挤出来.

Mary was so embarrassed. She could only hide her face in shame.

玛丽感到特别难堪,她恨不得找个地缝钻进去.

The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.

餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。

In 1990, we were all earnestly assured that property values could only go up.

1990年时我们都得到信誓旦旦的保证说房地产只可能升值。

If only I could have helped put matters right.

要是我当时能帮着把错误纠正过来就好了。

They could only afford the meanest of rooms in a poor area.

他们只能住得起贫民区里最简陋的住处.

Quarrelling brothers could only play into the hands of outsiders.

兄弟阋墙,只能为他人所趁.

I had a sore throat and could only croak.

我喉咙痛，只能哑着嗓子说话。

We could only get seats at the back.

我们只能找到后排的座位。

For a moment I could say nothing. I could only stand and look.

我有那么一会儿一句话都说不出来，只能站在那里看着。

She could only raise her hand in a gesture of benediction.

她只得举起手来做了一个祝福的手势。

Thorpe could only stand and gawp.

索普只是站着傻看。

What's your problem? ─ I only asked if you could help me for ten minutes.

你有毛病啊？我只是问问你能不能帮十分钟的忙而已。

I could only feel pity for what they were enduring.

对他们所受的苦难我唯有同情而已。

I could only devote two hours a day to the work.

我一天只能在这个工作上花两个小时。

The president could only be removed from power once free elections were organised.

总统只有在开始自由选举时才能被免职。

She said that she could only spare 35 minutes for our meeting

她说她只能抽出35分钟时间参加我们的会议。

A grade B judge could only be allowed to judge alongside a qualified grade A judge.

B级裁判只能协同有A级资质的裁判进行评判。

The cuts on Colin's head could only have been made by head-butts.

科林头上的那些伤口只能是用头撞击时造成的。

Only with a few people could she be her real self (= show what she was really like rather than what she pretended to be) .

只有和几个人在一起时，她才能表现出真实的自我。

He could only understand a word here and there.

他只能零星地听懂一两个单词。

The president could only be removed from power once free elections were organised

总统只有在开始自由选举时才能被免职。

He could only be sorry to the extent that this affected his grandchildren.

这件事甚至都影响到了他的孙辈，他只有伤心的份儿。

He could only watch helplessly as the car plunged into the ravine.

他只能眼睁睁地看着汽车冲入峡谷。

He was not able to walk without a cane and could only navigate steps backwards

没有手杖他无法走路，只能小心翼翼地向后退。

The V2 was not an ordinary weapon: it could only be used against cities. Likewise the atom bomb.

V2火箭并非普通武器：它只能用于对付城市。原子弹也是这样。

There was a column directly in my line of sight, so I could only see half the stage.

有一根柱子正挡着我的视线，所以我只能看见舞台的一半。

We could only listen in mono.

我们只能听单声道放音.

She could only nod, because her mouth was full.

她只能点点头，因为她口里塞满了东西。

It was recognized that this solution could only be temporary.

人们意识到这只是个临时的解决方案。