单词 | yes |
释义 | yes (once / 17 pages) n Yes is a confirmation or an affirmative — a positive reply. When you say yes to a friend's invitation to a party, it means you'll be there. There's no more positive word in the English language: You use yes to agree, to confirm, or to answer positively. It works best of all to express uninhibited enthusiasm like when you get great news and yell it, maybe even closing your eyes in joy while you say it. Yes comes from the Old English gise, or so be it. WORD FAMILYyes: yeses, yess USAGE EXAMPLESTom Brady, QB, Patriots… Yes, he only played 12 games. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Yes, this is still a nation of purple mountain majesties and fruited plains. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) As for the argument that fingerprinting disadvantages black prospective drivers because they are disproportionately and sometimes erroneously represented in criminal databases — well, yes. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) n an affirmative I was hoping for a yes Ant|Hyper no a negative affirmative a reply of affirmation |
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