| 单词 | yes |
| 释义 | yes I. 1. — used as a function word to express assent or agreement in answer to a question, command, or request < are you ready to leave? Yes, I am ready > < yes, I will be glad to have lunch with you > < yes I said yes I will yes — James Joyce > 2. — used as a function word formerly to constitute and now usually to introduce correction or contradiction of a negative assertion, direction, or request < you couldn't have meant that. Yes, I did mean it > < don't say that! Yes, I will > 3. a. — used as a function word to express agreement with the content or implications of a preceding statement < yes, I see your point > < yes, such a policy would be fatal > b. — used as a function word to express conditional assent to a statement or proposal subject to or limited by a following objection < this is a good meal. Yes, but I prefer my wife's cooking > 4. — used as a function word to emphasize a following affirmative or to introduce a more emphatic, specific, or comprehensive statement < this is a possible, yes, a probable explanation > < a source of inspiration to himself and to his people, yes, to humanity — Ernst Feise > 5. — used as a function word to indicate uncertainty or polite interest or attentiveness < “Yes?” he said as he saw the stranger waiting to speak to him > II. 1. < overcome them with yeses, undermine them with grins … agree them to death and destruction — Ralph Ellison > 2. a. < the proposal was carried by a margin of ten yeses > b. yeses plural < when it was announced that the motion had been defeated, there was a shout of protest from the yeses > III. intransitive verb < was better at yessing than at developing original ideas > transitive verb < all she had to do was yes him when he was talkin' — Norman Mailer > |
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