Nay
[neɪ] or [ne]
解释:
(noun.) a negative; 'the nays have it'.
(adv.) not this merely but also; not only so but; 'each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique'.
编辑:希娜--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.
(adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
(n.) Denial; refusal.
(n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
(v. t. & i.) To refuse.
约瑟夫编辑
同义词及近义词:
ad. [1]. No.[2]. Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.
黛博拉校对
解释:
adv. no: not only so but: yet more: in point of fact.—n. a denial: a vote against.—n. Nay′ward (Shak.) tendency to denial: the negative side.
伊莱录入
例句:
- Nay, he appeared so much otherwise, that his daughter's courage failed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Nay, I am too old a tree to be transplanted. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Nay, there are persons in Middlemarch to whom I could go; although they don't know much of me, they would believe me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I attempted to gain time--nay, I did worse. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Nay, he replied, 'suppose' is not the word--I know it; but you will be found out, and by sheer force of argument you will never prevail. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Nay, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Nay, are they not wholly different? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Nay, say rather the feather-pated giddy madmen, said Waldemar, who must be toying with follies when such business was in hand. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Nay, that is but sensuality. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- His lordship has often watched my sleep in the cold, for half, nay sometimes, during the whole of the night, sitting by my bedside. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Nay, put it down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Nay, the very animals in a democratic State have a freedom which is unknown in other places. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Nay, Lavinia,' quoth Mrs Wilfer, 'this touches the blood of the family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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