yea

释义

• n. 赞成；肯定；投赞成票者
• adv. 是的

词源

yea (adv.)

Old English gea (West Saxon), ge (Anglian) "so, yes," from Proto-Germanic *ja-, *jai-, a word of affirmation (cognates: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish ja), from PIE *yam-, from pronominal stem *i- (see yon). As a noun, "affirmation, affirmative vote," from early 13c.

例句

• 1. The House of Commons can merely say yea or nay to the executive judgment. 下议院对决策层的决定只能表示同意与否。
• 2. " Yea, his honourable worship is within. “ 是的, 大人在.
• 3. Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 赞成与否请说个明白.
• 4. Let your yea be yea. 赞成就说赞成好了.
• 5. He is a good , yea, a noble man. 他是个好人, 甚至可以说,是一个高尚的人.