四级Last week I came across a couple of old school friends and we spend the entire journey in the bar.

上周我遇到了几个老同学，我们整个旅程都在酒吧里度过。

2014年6月听力原文

六级Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay

许多招生官员表示，他们在每份申请（包括论文）上花费的时间不到几分钟

2013年12月阅读原文

四级In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage registration office told the paper that they decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy because an extra holiday was a big deal for them.

在上海，一对年轻夫妇在婚姻登记处告诉报纸，他们决定尽快登记他们的婚姻，以利用现有的政策，因为额外的假期对他们来说是一件大事。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考I'm afraid there are a couple of problems.

恐怕有几个问题。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文

四级He noticed a couple of days after school, that a group of kids would get together to play chess.

他注意到放学后几天，一群孩子会聚在一起下棋。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级I didn't feel any improvement in my condition in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to lessen.

在最初的几天里，我没有感觉到我的病情有任何改善，但在几次定期看病后，我的咳嗽开始减轻。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

考研When work started again on Monday, output duly rose compared with the previous Saturday and continued to rise for the next couple of days.

当周一再次开工时，产量与上周六相比适时上升，并在接下来的几天继续上升。

2010年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考A tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local slow money group.

几年前，田纳西州的一位年轻农民乔纳森·迪辛格（Jonathan Dysinger）利用当地一家慢钱组织的小额贷款开发了一种工具。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Boy, news travels fast around here! I only got the orders a couple of hours ago.

天哪，这里的消息传得真快！我几个小时前才收到订单。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

高考He bought a smartphone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado.

几个月前，他买了一部智能手机，在我们最近去科罗拉多州滑雪度假的时候带着它。

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文

高考On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.

在几年前的一次纽约之旅中，尤多拉·韦尔蒂决定带几个纽约朋友出去吃饭。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研A couple of Christmases ago, my youngest stepdaughter, who was 9 years old at the time, got a Superman T-shirt for Christmas.

几年前的圣诞节，我最小的继女，当时9岁，在圣诞节得到了一件超人T恤。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life.

但在过去的几年里，尤其是在这一年中，我们开始看到公司从最大的屏幕尺寸、最小的外形尺寸或最亮的物体，转向所有这些设备在消费者生活中实用的功能。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级They found that adolescents who spent a very small amount of time on digital devices—a couple of hours a week—had the highest well-being.

他们发现，在数字设备上花费很少时间的青少年（每周几小时）的幸福感最高。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s.

它出现在一些最早的明信片上，在一些最早的无声电影中担任主角，并且是一些最早的照片的主题，可以追溯到19世纪。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考On march 19, Dennis got a group text informing him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the arrival of a baby.

3月19日，丹尼斯收到一条群发短信，通知他一对他不认识的夫妇正在医院等待婴儿出生。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

六级New electric engines coupled with artificial intelligence and autonomous systems will contribute to a more efficient, integrated transport system that is less polluting and less noisy.

新的电动发动机与人工智能和自主系统相结合，将有助于建立一个更高效、低污染、低噪音的综合交通系统。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation: two days, not two seconds.

当戈特曼博士真的想评估一对夫妇是否会在一起时，他邀请他们到他的岛上休养地进行更长时间的评估：两天，而不是两秒钟。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads? Or should they have explicit permission?.

在过去的几周里，一场争吵说明了这种细粒度信息对广告商的价值：广告商是否应该认为人们乐于被跟踪和发送行为广告？或者他们应该得到明确的许可？。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertises assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads?

在过去的几周里，一场争吵说明了这种细粒度信息对广告商的价值：广告是否应该假定人们乐于被跟踪和发送行为广告？

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级She says her findings should be available in a couple of months.

她说她的研究结果将在几个月内公布。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考That relief is coupled with a deep understanding of why the same people keep coming back for more: connecting to the community as you freely give your time, money, skills, or services provides a real joy.

这种解脱还伴随着对为什么同样的人不断回来索取更多东西的深刻理解：当你自由地付出你的时间、金钱、技能或服务时，与社区的联系提供了一种真正的快乐。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children.

送给一对年轻夫妇一个装饰好的蛋，上面有一只鸟，这是给孩子们的愿望。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级So I've just got to do my best, and take a couple of seconds to look through the first few lines before I launch into something.

因此，我必须尽我最大的努力，在我开始做一些事情之前，花几秒钟的时间浏览前几行。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考Eventually, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they.

最后，这对夫妇发现他们的身体好转了，他们重新找到了强壮的肌肉。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

四级A wonderful bond formed between the two, and within a couple of weeks, the stranger named White helped raise $190,000 on the website to support the Memphis teenager and his disabled mother.

两人之间形成了一种奇妙的纽带，几周后，这位名叫怀特的陌生人在网站上帮助筹集了19万美元，以支持这位孟菲斯少年和他的残疾母亲。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级The Language School wants me to do a bit of exam preparation, but also quite a lot of work in companies and factories, and a couple of children's classes.

语言学校要我做一点考试准备，但也要在公司和工厂做很多工作，还要上几堂儿童课。

2010年6月听力原文

六级since 2010, the couple has helped 125 small dairy farms convert to grass-fed, with more than 80% of those farms coming on board during the last two years.

自2010年以来，这对夫妇已经帮助125家小型奶牛场改用草饲料，其中80%以上的奶牛场在过去两年中投入使用。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was committed to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

但他很快发现他喜欢演奏这种乐器，并致力于练习，这样在几个月内他就能演奏得相当好。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

高考But I hope to move the family out there in a couple of months' time.

但我希望能在几个月后把这家人搬出去。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

四级Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, but Europe's stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found.

一项新的研究发现，将食物放入微波炉中几分钟似乎是完全无害的，但欧洲库存的这种快速烹饪炉排放的碳量相当于近700万辆汽车。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.

在未来几年里，蓬勃发展的企业将是那些成本紧、债务轻、现金流谨慎、对客户需求极其关注的企业。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want

在接下来的几年里，蓬勃发展的业务将是那些成本紧绌、债务谨慎、现金流谨慎、极其关注客户需求的业务

2013年6月阅读原文

高考I live next door to a couple whose children often make a lot of noise.

我住在一对夫妇的隔壁，他们的孩子经常吵闹。

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

高考He told people at a conference, "there have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing."

他在一次会议上告诉人们，“有几项研究表明，他们在晚上增加了歌曲的输出量，白天仍然在唱歌。”

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考But more importantly, we made a commitment to grow together as a couple.

但更重要的是，我们承诺作为一对夫妻一起成长。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

高考I have a couple of pens though.

不过我有几支钢笔。

2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

高考Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and happiness of the marriage within that home.

我们穿过房间，与主人交谈，他们是一对很好的老年夫妇，我们在家里感受到了婚姻的温暖和幸福。

2015年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

四级A couple of recent papers have finally opened a window on these people's extraordinary minds.

最近的几篇论文终于打开了一扇观察这些人非凡思想的窗口。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years.

他说，在过去几年中，需求激增。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

莫恩说，工作需求不断上升，加上合并、收购、裁员和其他因素的不安全感。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay.

许多招生官员表示，他们在每一份申请（包括论文）上花费的时间都不到几分钟。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Late-stage developing nations that are currently industrialising rapidly, for example China, which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled with increasing affluence (富裕）and age profile.

目前正在快速工业化的晚期发展中国家，例如中国，其人口增长率将下降，同时富裕程度将提高(富裕）和年龄分布。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级This is then coupled to a school's picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors.

然后再加上一所学校对多样化班级的描述，结果是护照、种族和性别都可能成为影响因素。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions.

西尔维亚和保罗·卡斯特森是一对来自英国剑桥的退休夫妇，他们最近到纳米比亚度假16天，在那里他们进行了观鸟远足。

2011年6月听力原文

六级A couple of them had listened to a similar speech before.

他们中的一些人以前也听过类似的演讲。

2010年6月听力原文

六级The Language School wants me to do a bit of exam preparation, but also quite a lot of work in companies and factories, and a couple of children's classes

语言学校要我做一点考试准备，但也要在公司和工厂做很多工作，还要上几节儿童课

2010年6月听力原文

六级I also do a couple of ad-hoc jobs which are much shorter projects.

我还做了一些临时性的工作，这些工作的时间要短得多。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级That is, the new offerings companies are pushing out the door every six months or so are me-too products or ones with just a couple of new features.

也就是说，公司每六个月左右推出一次新产品，或者是me-To产品，或者是只有几个新功能的产品。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives.

这些措施有两个令人振奋的动机。

2016年考研阅读原文

六级Late-stage developing nations that are currently industrialising rapidly, for example China, which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled with increasing affluence (富裕）and age profile

目前正在快速工业化的晚期发展中国家，例如中国，其人口增长率将下降，同时富裕程度将提高(富裕）和年龄概况

2013年12月阅读原文

六级"There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors,"Moen said.

“工作需求不断上升，加上合并、收购、裁员和其他因素的不安全感，”Moen说。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级There's a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse's death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems.

然而，这也有另一面，因为伴侣在配偶去世后的几年内更可能生病或死亡，而照顾有精神障碍的配偶也会给你带来同样严重的问题。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级When children start school for the very first time, parents often feel a sense of excitement coupled with a touch of sadness at the end of an era.

当孩子们第一次上学时，家长们往往会在一个时代结束时感到兴奋和悲伤。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级This is then coupled to a school's picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors

然后再加上学校对不同班级的描述，结果是护照、种族和性别都可能成为影响因素

2011年6月阅读原文

四级Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energy homes"(ZEH) just outside town.

去年9月，这对夫妇搬进了位于Premier Gardens的一栋1500平方英尺的房子，这是一个位于城外的95栋“零能耗住宅”（ZEH）的小区。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay.

许多招生官员表示，他们在每份申请上花费的时间不到几分钟，包括论文。

2013年12月六级考试真题（三）

六级"But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life. "

“但在过去几年里，尤其是在这一年里，我们开始看到公司从最大的屏幕尺寸、最小的外形尺寸或最闪亮的物体等转变为所有这些设备在消费者生活中实用的功能。”

2016年12月六级（第一套）真题

六级Coupled with this fact is the warning that soon we will no longer have a work force to fill the many jobs that require properly educated personnel.

再加上这一事实，我们将很快不再有劳动力来填补许多需要受过适当教育的人员的工作。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级Sylvia and Paul Custer son, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions.

Sylvia和Paul Custer的儿子是一对来自英国剑桥的退休夫妇，他们最近去纳米比亚度假了16天，在那里他们进行了观鸟旅行。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级Problems began as soon as the couple moved in, however.

然而，这对夫妇一搬进来，问题就开始了。

2001年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (残酷的), has risen sharply.

但在过去的几十年里，越来越多的人反对猎狐，因为他们认为猎狐很残忍(残酷的), 急剧上升。

2002年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs, coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years.

原因很明显：美国的老龄化意味着就业，再加上婴儿潮的老龄化(生育高峰) 一代人，更长的寿命意味着在未来50年里，国家的老年人口势必会大幅增加。

2002年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.

尤其是大公司，喜欢有正规教育背景加上工作经验。

2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.

有了这一点，你可以自由地进行专业化，“文科学位加上MBA或其他技术培训在市场上是一个很好的组合，”Scheetz说。

2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.

这对双胞胎给了这对夫妇多年来想要的东西，“一种家庭感”。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own.

然而，有时一对夫妇不能有自己的孩子。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly -47- to know my way around the continent.

我去过国外几次，但我很难——47岁——知道我在欧洲大陆的路。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级There’re a couple of new grey areas.

有几个新的灰色地带。

2008年12月英语四级考试真题

四级There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems.

然而，也有另一面，因为伴侣在配偶去世后的几年里更有可能生病或死亡，而照顾患有精神障碍的配偶可能会给你带来一些同样严重的问题。

2010年12月英语四级考试真题

四级That is the new offerings companies are pushing out the door every six months or so are me-too products or ones with just a couple of new features.

这就是公司每六个月左右推出一次的新产品，无论是我自己的产品还是只有几个新功能的产品。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 “zero-energy homes” (ZEH) just outside town.

去年9月，这对夫妇搬进了Premier Gardens的一栋1500平方英尺的房子，这是一个由95栋“零能源住宅”（ZEH）组成的小区，就在城外。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级There are now large strips of the country where daycare for an infant costs more than a tenth of the average married couple's income.

现在，在这个国家的大片地区，婴儿的日托费用超过了已婚夫妇平均收入的十分之一。

2014年12月英语四级考试真题（第1套）

四级Looking around the carriage, I saw quite a few people like him, including a couple of fatty children with swollen cheeks pressing against their eyes.

环顾车厢，我看到了不少像他一样的人，其中包括几个胖孩子，他们的脸颊肿胀，紧贴着眼睛。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套)

四级Many people also don’t use sunscreen properly—applying insufficient amounts, failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long.

许多人也没有正确使用防晒霜——涂抹量不足，几个小时后没有重新涂抹，在阳光下呆得太久。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级A couple of recent papers have finally opened a window on these people’s extraordinary minds.

最近的几篇论文终于打开了了解这些人非凡思想的窗口。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级I just got zeros on a couple of first assignments.

我刚开始的几项作业都是零分。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套)

四级Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, but Europe’s stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found.

一项新的研究发现，将食物放入微波炉几分钟似乎完全无害，但欧洲现有的这些快速烹饪烤箱排放的碳相当于近700万辆汽车。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life.

在原始社会，青春期通常是一段相对较短的时间，而在教育模式长期化、法律禁止童工的工业社会，青春期要长得多，可能包括人生第二个十年的大部分时间。

1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.

因此，在美国的经济体系中，正是个人消费者的需求，加上商人实现利润最大化的愿望和个人实现收入最大化的欲望，共同决定了应该生产什么以及如何使用资源来生产。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before.

随着信息量的不断增长，技术的发展使更多的信息能够以前所未有的速度存储和交付到更多的地点。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研This is no flash in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America.

这不是昙花一现；在过去的几年里，英国和美国的通货膨胀率一直低于预期。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Basic computer skills take—at the very longest—a couple of months to learn.

基本的计算机技能最长需要几个月的时间来学习。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one.

这一成功，加上后来的研究表明记忆本身不是由基因决定的，使爱立信得出结论，记忆行为更多的是一种认知练习，而不是直觉练习。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题