nay 详细解释

nay

[nei]

adv.<古>否,不
n.拒绝, 反对, 投反对票
conj.不但如此, 而且

ad.

1. 【古】不, 否

2. 不但如此, 而且; 甚至

I permit, nay, encourage it.

这事我同意, 不, 我鼓励。

n.[C]

1. 否定; 拒绝; 否定的回答

2. 反对票; 投反对票的人

two ayes and three nays

两票赞成, 三票反对

词形变化

名词复数：nays

词义辨析

同义参见:

no  

反义:

n.拒绝; 反对票

yea  

英英释义

名词 nay:

a negative

副词 nay:

not this merely but also; not only so but

短语词组

say sb. nay

1. 拒绝某人; 禁止某人

If you want to smoke in your own room, who can say you nay?

如果你想在自己房间里抽烟, 谁能禁止你呢?

补充

naynay英:[nei] 美:[ne]adv.1.不但如此, 而且The daily work continued; nay, it actually increased.日常工作不但继续进行, 而且工作量进一步加大。2.否, 不I permit, nay, encourage it.这事我同意, 不, 我支持。n.1.反对票; 投反对票者The tally was two ayes and three nays.投票结果是两票赞成, 三票反对。

例句

1. The ayes obviously had it over the nays.投赞成票的人明显超过了投反对票的人。 2. The ayes are 77, the nays are 23.77票赞成, 23票反对。 3. He was proud of his son's remarkable, nay, unique performance.他为儿子出色的, 不, 应该是独一无二的表演感到骄傲。 4. Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章, 不, 应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。 5. I was surprised, nay astonished.我感到意外, 不, 是感到震惊。 6. Do not say nay.不要说“不”。 7. it will take months, nay years.这会花上几个月乃至几年的时间。 8. nay, I must not think thus.不，我可不能那样想。 9. the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies.内阁开会对政策给予最终的肯定或否定的回答。 10. "The letter made her happy—nay, ecstatic. [=it did not just make her happy, it made her ecstatic]"这封信让她很高兴——不，是欣喜若狂。 11. "nay, I do not wish to go."不，我不愿走。 12. I dare not say him nay. [=I dare not say no to him]我不敢拒绝他。 13. "We have 6 nays [=6 votes of “no”] and 12 yeas, so the measure passes."我们有6票反对，12票赞成，因此该议案获得通过。

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