显然有一个人本可以改变判决结果的
“[tuts] Apparently someone could've swayed the verdict the other way.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对 这是什么？什么证人？
“[tuts] Aye. What is this? What witness?”
显然 有 一个人 本可以 改变 判决结果 的
“[tuts] Apparently someone could've swayed the verdict the other way.”
谁？怎么改变？
“Who? And how?”
“Someone deliberately kept quiet or blew their chance to alter the outcome.”
Using '本可以' highlights the contrast between what actually happened and what should have happened, often implying negligence or foul play in investigative discourse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could have (originally)
Used to express an unfulfilled past possibility or counterfactual situation.
verdict outcome / court ruling
A formal collocation commonly used when discussing legal or judicial decisions.
Functions as part of the '是...的' construction emphasizing certainty and past occurrence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ They glow like fireflies ♪ obey the referee's decisions.”
“(It's sometimes more important than a final ruling.)”
“How things could have happened… different.”
“Then maybe everything would be different now.”