cannot

1 CAN'Ta negative form of ‘can’ 〔can的否定形式〕

Mrs Armstrong regrets that she cannot accept your kind invitation.

阿姆斯特朗夫人很遗憾未能接受你的好意邀请。

2 cannot but formal used to say that you feel you have to do something 不得不，不能不，必须

One cannot but admire her determination.

人们不能不佩服她的决心。

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cannot but• If we are attacked with violence, we cannot but respond with violence.

Examples from the Corpus

cannot• Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions, though I certainly cannot.• Sound waves can go where light cannot.• Trim fingernails if the resident cannot.• Excellence in defense management will not and cannot emerge by legislation or directive.• Many people cannot find affordable housing.• And to know these, the artist cannot force his own intentions upon nature.• How they will look when that has been done cannot now be foreseen, but they will look different.• Passive-aggressive people cannot openly express angry emotions and deny feelings of resentment and anger.

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Modal verbs: can, cannot, could...