nay

nay
adverb
  1. or rather; and more than that (used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used)
    [用以对已使用的言辞作更恰当的补充]说得更确切一点，不止如此
    it will take months, nay years.
    这会花上几个月乃至几年的时间。
  2. (archaic or dialect)no
    (古或方)不
    nay, I must not think thus.
    不，我可不能那样想。
noun
  1. a negative answer
    否定的回答
    the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies.
    内阁开会对政策给予最终的肯定或否定的回答。
语源
  1. Middle English (in sense 2): from Old Norse nei, from ne 'not' + ei 'ever' (compare with aye)
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