英语词汇“yes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

yes

/jɛs

exclamation

1Used to give an affirmative response: ‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’...

My response is yes, and that is a danger that we worked out when we took the decision.
I don't hear a lot of calls on behalf of economic officials saying, yes, please come and invest.
I asked Craig if he would consider making a jump with him, Craig's response was a resounding yes!

Synonyms

all right, alright, very well, of course, by all means, sure, certainly, absolutely, indeed, affirmative, in the affirmative, agreed, roger

Scottish, Northern English, & archaic aye

Nautical aye aye

informal yeah, yah, yep, yup, uh-huh, okay, OK, okey-dokey, okey-doke

British informal righto, righty-ho

North American informal surely

Indian informal acha

archaic or formal yea

1.1Expressing agreement with a positive statement: ‘That was a grand evening.’ ‘Yes, it was.’...

Although felt extremely happy when I heard that, I could not give a big positive yes at the moment he asked.
Of course, yes, certainly, it was a chance to be associated with the games.
We would be in a better position economically now, yes, definitely.

1.2Asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement: you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes?

1.3Expressing contradiction of a negative statement: ‘You don’t want to go.’ ‘Yes, I do.’

2Used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one’s attention: ‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’

3Used to question a remark: ‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’

4Encouraging someone to continue speaking: ‘When you bought those photographs ...’ ‘Yes?’

5Expressing great pleasure or excitement: plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!)

6Expressing irritation or impatience: ‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’...

I start to drum my fingernails on my purse, out of habit, boredom, and yes, irritation.
Yes, yes, obviously I've an interest; obviously I'm hoping you're going to rush to the bookshop to buy mine.
Yes, yes, I know all of this will pass but why can't it pass NOW?

noun (plural yeses or yesses)

An affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting: answering with assured and ardent yeses...

Rilla counted them up as each name was called, and found a large majority of yesses.
I smiled thoughtfully to myself as I ticked off the amount of yeses on my fingers.
So, if you're reading this could you please post a yes or a no as to whether you are on the Organ Donor register.

Phrases

yes and no

Origin

Old English gēse, gīse, probably from an unrecorded phrase meaning 'may it be so'.

单词	yes
释义	yes /jɛs / exclamation 1Used to give an affirmative response: ‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’... My response is yes, and that is a danger that we worked out when we took the decision. I don't hear a lot of calls on behalf of economic officials saying, yes, please come and invest. I asked Craig if he would consider making a jump with him, Craig's response was a resounding yes! Synonyms all right, alright, very well, of course, by all means, sure, certainly, absolutely, indeed, affirmative, in the affirmative, agreed, roger Scottish, Northern English, & archaic aye Nautical aye aye informal yeah, yah, yep, yup, uh-huh, okay, OK, okey-dokey, okey-doke British informal righto, righty-ho North American informal surely Indian informal acha archaic or formal yea 1.1Expressing agreement with a positive statement: ‘That was a grand evening.’ ‘Yes, it was.’... Although felt extremely happy when I heard that, I could not give a big positive yes at the moment he asked. Of course, yes, certainly, it was a chance to be associated with the games. We would be in a better position economically now, yes, definitely. 1.2Asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement: you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes? 1.3Expressing contradiction of a negative statement: ‘You don’t want to go.’ ‘Yes, I do.’ 2Used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one’s attention: ‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’ 3Used to question a remark: ‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’ 4Encouraging someone to continue speaking: ‘When you bought those photographs ...’ ‘Yes?’ 5Expressing great pleasure or excitement: plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!) 6Expressing irritation or impatience: ‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’... I start to drum my fingernails on my purse, out of habit, boredom, and yes, irritation. Yes, yes, obviously I've an interest; obviously I'm hoping you're going to rush to the bookshop to buy mine. Yes, yes, I know all of this will pass but why can't it pass NOW? noun (plural yeses or yesses) An affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting: answering with assured and ardent yeses... Rilla counted them up as each name was called, and found a large majority of yesses. I smiled thoughtfully to myself as I ticked off the amount of yeses on my fingers. So, if you're reading this could you please post a yes or a no as to whether you are on the Organ Donor register. Phrases yes and no Origin Old English gēse, gīse, probably from an unrecorded phrase meaning 'may it be so'. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse
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