• adv. 不；甚至；不僅如此
• n. 拒絕；反對(duì)；投反對(duì)票的人
• n. (Nay)人名；(德、法、柬、匈)奈；(緬)乃；(英)內(nèi)伊

來(lái)自古諾斯語(yǔ)nei,不，沒(méi)有，詞源同no.引申詞義不僅如此，而且。

nay

nay: see no

nay

word of negation, late 12c., from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse nei, compound of ne "not" (see un-) + ei "ever" (see aye (2)).

1. Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.

許多長(zhǎng)篇大論的文章，不，應(yīng)該說(shuō)是整部整部的書(shū)都是關(guān)于這件事的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Such a policy is difficult, nay impossible.

這一政策很難實(shí)施，甚至是不可能的。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. I suspect, nay, I am certain that he is wrong.

我懷疑, 不, 我肯定他錯(cuò)了.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. The daily work continued; nay, it actually increased.

日常工作不但繼續(xù)進(jìn)行, 而且工作量進(jìn)一步加大.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. I permit, nay, encourage it.

這事我同意, 不, 我支持.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》