单词 | non possumus |
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’. |

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