yes

英 [jes]美 [jɛs]
  • adv. 是, 是的
  • n. 是（表示肯定）
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中文词源

yes 是

来自古英语gese,就是这样，ge-,是，词源同yea,se-,如此，词源同so.

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Ah yes, but think of all the family life they're missing.
是这样，不过别忘了他们错过了多少天伦之乐。
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2. He was sitting there saying, "Yes, the figures make sense."
他坐在那儿说：“是的，这些数字可以理解。”
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3. Mr Wade answers both questions with a qualified yes.
韦德先生对两个问题给出了不完全肯定的回答。
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4. The Russian leader won a whopping 89.9 percent yes vote.
这位俄罗斯领导人赢得了89.9%的高票支持。
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5. Will she say yes when I ask her out?
我约她出去，她会答应吗？
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