| 释义 |
‖ non possumus|nɒn ˈpɒsjuːməs|
[L. = ‘we can not’.]
A statement or answer expressing inability to act or move in a matter.
1883Standard 15 Sept. 5/1 Their answer to all applications consisting in a non possumus, and nothing more. 1885Lowe Bismarck II. 347 To give up diplomatising, and return to a policy of non possumus. 1890Athenæum 25 Jan. 124/3 Some time ago it was proposed to the Royal Academy to do this; the answer was a sort of ‘non possumus’. |