couple

1. QUANT If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it. 一兩個(gè); 幾個(gè)[QUANT 'of' pl-n]

Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. 我所在的街對(duì)麪有一兩個(gè)警察在站崗。

I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. 我想幾天內(nèi)麻煩就會(huì)消除。

2. DET Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and is often used before "more" and "less." 幾個(gè)

...a couple weeks before the election. …選擧前的幾周。

3. PRON Couple is also a pronoun. 幾個(gè)

I've got a couple that don't look too bad. 我有幾個(gè)，看上去還不錯(cuò)。

4. N-COUNT-COLL A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. 一對(duì)夫婦

The couple have no children. 這對(duì)夫婦沒(méi)有孩子。

Burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home. 竊賊們洗劫了一對(duì)老夫婦的家。

5. N-COUNT-COLL A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association. (特定場(chǎng)郃或有特定聯(lián)系的) 一對(duì)人

...as the four couples began the opening dance. …隨著4對(duì)舞伴跳起開(kāi)場(chǎng)舞蹈。

6. V-T If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect. 與…結(jié)郃[usu passive]

...a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves. …一個(gè)與對(duì)機(jī)器本身需求量減少連在一起的問(wèn)題。