yes

英 [jes] 美[j?s]

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復(fù)數(shù):?yeses;

yes 是

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)gese,就是這樣，ge-,是，詞源同yea,se-,如此，詞源同so.

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.

1. Ah yes, but think of all the family life they're missing.: 是這樣，不過(guò)別忘了他們錯(cuò)過(guò)了多少天倫之樂(lè)。

2. He was sitting there saying, "Yes, the figures make sense.": 他坐在那兒說(shuō)：“是的，這些數(shù)字可以理解。”

3. Mr Wade answers both questions with a qualified yes.: 韋德先生對(duì)兩個(gè)問(wèn)題給出了不完全肯定的回答。

4. The Russian leader won a whopping 89.9 percent yes vote.: 這位俄羅斯領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人贏得了89.9%的高票支持。