can't

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Cannot (negative auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due to logical impossibility, etc).
    — I can’t quite get it to work.
  2. To be forbidden to; to be not permitted to.
    — You can’t enter the hall without a ticket.
  3. To be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to. euphemistic,slang
    — Will you come to dinner with us tonight? Can't; already have plans this evening.

词形变化

ca'n't alternative,obsolete cain't alternative,Southern-US,dialectal

词汇关系

衍生词
Republicant you can't say fairer than that
并列词
couldn't mayn't mightn't oughtn't shan't shouldn't won't wouldn't

词源

From can + -n't, since 1706 or earlier.
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