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I could have done it better if I had been more careful.

要是再细心一点我本可能做的更好。（其实我做的不够好）

" Nobody but the angel Gabriel could have done better," said Scarlett soothingly.

“除了大天使加百列，谁也不会比你更能安慰体贴人了，”思嘉安慰他说。

" I thought Ben Foster could have done better," wrote Ferguson in his programme notes on Sunday.

“我想福斯特应该做的更好一些。”弗格森在周日的观赛指南中写道。

Whoever could have done such a dreadful thing?

究竟是谁能干出这种可怕的事 呢 ?

We could have done a better job on the messaging.

我们在邮件方面做的更好了.

Her hair could have done with a wash.

她的头发该洗一洗了。

Whenever you make some money, leaf through your diary and ask whether you could have done any past trades differently in light of what you have just learned.

当你赚钱的时候，你要通过日记总结，并问自己，如果是现在你会如何操作过去的交易。

I could have done without being woken up at three in the morning.

其实用不着在凌晨三点钟就把我叫醒。

Without wanting to criticize, I think you could have done better. (= used before you make a critical comment)

我不是想要批评谁，只是认为你本可以做得更好一些。

Forget it! Anybody could have done the same in your situation.

忘掉它吧! 任何人碰到你这种情况都会这么做的.

The accident could have been much worse; luckily no harm was done.

这次事故本来可能糟糕得多；所幸没有造成伤害。

Not even the Don himself could have done it any better.

啊,即使老头子本人也不可能表现得更好一些.

She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without.

她有15周没上学，这给她带来了本不该有的障碍。

Nothing that this country did or could have done within the reasonable limits of its capabilities could have changed that result.

在我国能力所及的合理的范围之内，我们所做的以及可能做的一切事情，都无法改变这种结局。

If I had been more careful, I could have done it better.

6我要是细心一点, 是可以做得更好的.

We could have done better under more favorable conditions.

在更有利的条件下我们还可以做得更好.

If you'd given the job to me I could have done it in half the time.

你要是把活儿交给我,我早就做完了.

He thought she could have done better, by far.

他认为她本可以演得更好, 而且是好得多.

We were a mob, and had we all chosen to follow the frenzied front-seaters who tried to storm the stage, there's little that the heavies planted nervously below could have done to stop us.

我们就是一群乌合之众，如果我们学着前座那些想冲上舞台的狂热歌迷们的话，台下那些紧张兮兮的大块头保镖们根本拦不住我们。

Had you been more careful, you could have done better.

如果再细心些，你会做的更好。

I could have traveled, I could have done all kinds of things.

我本来可以去旅行, 我本来可以做所有事情.

His design was infinitely better than anything I could have done.

他的设计比我所能设计出的不知要好上多少倍。

" A towel,'she scolded herself. " At least a towel; I could have done that for him. "

“ 一条毛巾, ” 她自责的说, “ 至少一条毛巾, 我这点总可以为他做的. ”

The film could have done without the casting of the director's daughter in a central role.

其实，当初完全可以不选导演的女儿出演这部电影的关键角色。

She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without

她有15周没上学，这给她带来了本不该有的障碍。

Oh, it was nothing. Anyone could have done it, really.

哦, 没什么. 谁都会这么做的, 真的.

I think you could have done it without me.

我倒觉得没有我你也能行。

Miss Sullivan and I kept up a game of guessing which taught me more about the use of language than any set lessons could have done.

而我和苏立文小姐则继续玩猜谜游戏，同课堂所学的知识相比，这种寓教于乐的方式让我掌握了更多的语言技巧。

Why did you type the letter when I could have done it for you easily by computer?

我本可用计算机很方便地为你打这封信,你何必费心用打字机 呢 ?

I could have done it if I had wanted to.

如果我那时想要.