Nay
[neɪ] or [ne]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
編輯:希娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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 No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no.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.
约瑟夫編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. [1]. No.[2]. Not only so, but more; not this only, but also.
黛博拉校對
解釋/意思:
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.
伊莱錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Nay, he appeared so much otherwise, that his daughter's courage failed. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Nay, I am too old a tree to be transplanted. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Nay, there are persons in Middlemarch to whom I could go; although they don't know much of me, they would believe me. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I attempted to gain time--nay, I did worse. 威爾基·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. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Nay, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Nay, are they not wholly different? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Nay, say rather the feather-pated giddy madmen, said Waldemar, who must be toying with follies when such business was in hand. 沃爾特·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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Nay, that is but sensuality. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- His lordship has often watched my sleep in the cold, for half, nay sometimes, during the whole of the night, sitting by my bedside. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Nay, put it down. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Nay, the very animals in a democratic State have a freedom which is unknown in other places. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Nay, Lavinia,' quoth Mrs Wilfer, 'this touches the blood of the family. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
埃琳娜整理