yes
- adv. 是, 是的
- n. 是(表示肯定)
詞態變化
中文詞源
來自古英語gese,就是這樣,ge-,是,詞源同yea,se-,如此,詞源同so.
英文詞源
- yes
- yes: [OE] Yes is descended from Old English gese. It is thought that this was a compound formed from gēa ‘yes’ (ancestor of archaic English yea and related to German and Dutch ja ‘yes’) and sīe, the third-person present singular subjunctive of be, and that it therefore originally meant literally ‘yes, may it be so’. It was at first used as a response to negative questions, while yea was used for positive questions, but around the end of the 16th century this distinction began to disappear, and yea has since died out.
=> yea - yes (adv.)
- Old English gise, gese "so be it!," probably from gea, ge "so" (see yea) + si "be it!," third person imperative of beon "to be" (see be). Originally stronger than simple yea. Used in Shakespeare mainly as an answer to negative questions. As a noun from 1712. Yes-man is first recorded 1912, American English.
雙語例句
- 1. Ah yes, but think of all the family life they're missing.
- 是這樣,不過別忘了他們錯過了多少天倫之樂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was sitting there saying, "Yes, the figures make sense."
- 他坐在那兒說:“是的,這些數字可以理解。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Wade answers both questions with a qualified yes.
- 韋德先生對兩個問題給出了不完全肯定的回答。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Russian leader won a whopping 89.9 percent yes vote.
- 這位俄羅斯領導人贏得了89.9%的高票支持。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Will she say yes when I ask her out?
- 我約她出去,她會答應嗎?
來自柯林斯例句