nay 中文意思是什麼

音標 [nei]
nay 解釋
adv. 動詞 副詞 〈古語〉1. 否,不 (opp. yea)。
2. 不但如是,而且〈發言時表示「好,唔,是的」等語氣〉。
n. 名詞 〈古語〉否,拒絕,反對;反對投票(者)。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 贊成與否請說個明白。
yea and nay 支支吾吾,模稜兩可。
the yeas and nays 贊否(之數)。
say (sb. ) nay 跟某人說「不行」;拒絕請求;禁止。
will not take nay [no] 不許人說個「不」字,不接受否定的答案。

  1. My dear kitty told me today that she would dance in a deluge before ever she would starve in such an ark of salvation for, as she reminded me blushing piquantly and whispering in my ear though there was none to snap her words but giddy butterflies, dame nature, by the divine blessing, has implanted it in our heart and it has become a household word that il y a deux choses for which the innocence of our original garb, in other circumstances a breach of the proprieties, is the fittest nay, the only, garment

    吾之情婦基蒂今日相告,伊情願舞于洪水中,亦不願在救命方舟中挨餓。何耶?伊對予傾訴雲此時,盡管除翩翩起舞之蝴蝶,絕無偷聽者,伊依然臉色紅漲,附耳低語:吾曹生就無垢之肌膚,換個情況必將導致破壞禮儀,然而在二種場合下180 ,會成為唯一之可身衣裳。
  2. The economic factor, nay, the shortsighted economic gain has become the only guide in policymaking, distribution of wealth was taken as in apposition to creation of wealth, the gap between the rich and the poor dangerously widened

    許多政策以經濟掛帥為最高原則,以近視的經濟效率為標準,把分配財富和創造財富對立起來,以致貧富懸殊日趨嚴峻,這是社會的恥辱文明的倒退。
  3. " nay, " answered monte cristo, with the most gentlemanly air, " tis not for such trifling sums as these that your banking house is to be incommoded

    「噢,象您這樣的一位銀行家是不會這樣容易表示驚奇的, 」基督山以一種極客氣的態度說道。
  4. He laughed at her quickly. nay, tha canna, he protested

    她站了起來,在他這兩眼間吻著。
  5. Nay, he said, tha canna do t

    「什麼是孔」她問道。
  6. It was a very dubious-looking, nay a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold and cheerless.

    這是一個非常朦朧的、且非常黑暗而陰沉的夜晚,天氣冷徹肌膚,了無生趣。
  7. It is weighty, nay, conclusive.

    那很重要,不,有決定的作用。
  8. But the learning knight would not hear say nay nor do her mandement ne have him in aught contrarious to his list and he said how it was a marvellous castle

    然而學生騎士既不容旅人說一「否」字,不允許旅人違背己意,對婦人之譴責更充耳不聞乃曰: 「那是座何等神奇之城堡。 」
  9. Not, he parenthesised, that for the sake of filthy lucre he need necessarily embrace the lyric platform as a walk in life for any lengthy space of time but a step in the required direction it was, beyond yea or nay, and both monetarily and mentally it contained no reflection on his dignity in the smallest and it often turned in uncommonly handy to be handed a cheque at a muchneeded moment when every little helped

    毋寧說,那是朝著必然的方向邁進的一步,不論是從金錢上還是精神上,都絲毫無損于尊嚴。當你手頭急需錢的時候,有人遞過一張支票來,也不無小補。況且盡管近來人們對于音樂的鑒賞力每況愈下,可是不落俗套的那種富於獨創性的音樂還是很快地就會風靡一時。
  10. " a gentleman of high birth, possessor of an ample fortune, you have consented to gain your promotion as an obscure soldier, step by step - this is uncommon ; then become general, peer of france, commander of the legion of honor, you consent to again commence a second apprenticeship, without any other hope or any other desire than that of one day becoming useful to your fellow - creatures ; this, indeed, is praiseworthy, - nay, more, it is sublime.

    「象您這樣家境富裕,出身高貴的一位爵士,竟肯去當一名小兵,一步步地得以升遷,這已經實屬罕見了,而在您身為將軍,法國貴族,榮譽軍團的司令官以後,又肯從頭開始第二種職業,心中別無任何其他的希望,只求有一天能有益於您的同胞,這實在是值得贊美的,不,簡直是太崇高了。 」
  11. Nay, laddie. the lack of money ' s what ' s important

    不重要,年輕人。沒有錢才是重要。
  12. B : nay, laddie. the lack of money ' s what ' s important

    不重要,年輕人。沒有錢才是重要。
  13. One thing above all the rest heightened the respect, nay almost the veneration, of danglars for cavalcanti. the latter, faithful to the principle of horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught

    後者由於信守賀拉斯那句「處萬變而不驚」的格言,所以除了說最大的藍鰻是哪個湖裡的產物以證明他的學識之外,便不再多說一句話,默默地吃完了他面前的那份菜。
  14. The evening before creditors in the persons of the upholsterer, the charcoal merchant and the laundress had put in an appearance and had offered to give madame an extension of time. nay, they had even proposed to advance madame a very considerable amount if only madame would return to her flat and conduct herself like a sensible person

    昨天晚上,一些債主來了,他們當中有地毯商煤炭商洗衣婦,他們提出可以放寬還債的期限,甚至說可以借一大筆錢給太太,只要太太回到她的住所,做事聰明一些。
  15. That i ought to consider i had been fed even by miracle, even as great as that of feeding elijah by ravens ; nay, by a long series of miracles, and that i could hardly have nam d a place in the unhabitable part of the world where i could have been cast more to my advantage : a place, where as i had no society, which was my affliction on one hand, so i found no ravenous beast, no furious wolves or tygers to threaten my life, no venomous creatures or poisonous, which i might feed on to my hurt, no savages to murther and devour me

    應該說,正是由於發生了一系列的奇跡,我至今還能活著。在世界上所有荒無人煙的地區,我感到沒有一個地方會比我現在流落的荒島更好了。雖說這兒遠離人世,形單影只,使我非常苦惱,但這兒沒有吃人的野獸,沒有兇猛的虎狼害我性命,沒有毒人的動物和植物,吃下去會把我毒死,更沒有野人會把我殺了吃掉。
  16. I was entirely without friends, nay, even so mush as without acquaintances.

    我一個朋友也沒有,不,甚至於沒有一個相識的人。
  17. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.

    贊成與否請說個明白。
  18. I shall not say nay to him.

    我決不會拒絕他的。
  19. He will not take nay.

    他不會否認的。
  20. If he chooses to make a home for you, i think you should not say him nay.

    如果他決心和你居家過日子,我認為你不應該對他說不同意。
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