-n't

短语

发音

/(ə)nt/

别名

-'nt

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs.

    习语

    It is a beautiful bouquet! You needn't've bothered, thank you.

词源

Univerbation of not and some preceding words (see usage notes) and following elision of medial vowel, or univerbation of n't and some preceding words. Compare n't.

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