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Mustn't is the short spoken form of must not. You use it when something is not allowed, or when you want to warn someone strongly: you mustn't touch that; you mustn't tell. It is not the same as don't have to. Don't have to means there is no need — you may skip it. Mustn't means no: do not do it. British classrooms care a lot about that pair. American speakers use must not a bit less, and often say can't for the same “not allowed” feeling. The first t in mustn't is usually silent: it sounds like MUSS-unt. You keep the in writing.
不可以、不准(must not 的縮寫;不是「不必」)
組成must + -n't. The n't is the short form of not.
同家族的字
- mustmustn't is must joined to n't, meaning must not
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mustn'tverb/ˈmʌs.n̩t/
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Must not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate that something is forbidden or, in a tag question, that something is not necessary.
- You mustn't blame yourself for this tragedy.
- We must go, mustn't we?
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。