could only

Thorpe could only stand and gawp.

索普只是站着傻看。

We could only get seats at the back.

我们只能找到后排的座位。

Quarrelling brothers could only play into the hands of outsiders.

兄弟阋墙,只能为他人所趁.

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.

The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.

餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。

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。

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。

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。

I had a sore throat and could only croak.

我喉咙痛，只能哑着嗓子说话。

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。

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。

We could only listen in mono.

我们只能听单声道放音.

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。

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.

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。

I could only get out by fighting through the crowd.

我只能从人群中奋力挤出来.

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 understand a word here and there.

他只能零星地听懂一两个单词。

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。

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。