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yea adv.是；而且；甚至可说n.赞成票；赞成 (1) 然后，你爸爸说：“我们把它埋了吧！”(2) 他是一个优柔寡断的人。(3) 如实说你的想法。 When an official asks for a vote on a bill or judgment, the question may be "How say you?" in the old style of English with an equally old-school response of "Yea" meaning a vote in favor. Using yea in casual conversation is less common but it's useful for showing that a person's "yes" counts as a vote because it matters in making a decision, as when you ask each other "Are you in or out — yea or nay?" when making plans.

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英 [jeɪ] 美 [jeɪ] (1) Then your Dad said "Yea, let's bury it!"(2) He is a yea and nay man.(3) Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. Yea sounds like "yay" and is another word for "yes." It's often paired with "nay" when taking a vote in formal government or law and sometimes when asking friends if they want to get together, "Yea or nay?" 1[CONVENTION 惯用语]（yes的过时用法，用于诗歌或宗教语言）是，对 Yea is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'yes'. 2[CONVENTION 惯用语]（用于口头表决或表示同意）对，是 Yea is sometimes used to mean 'yes' when people are talking about voting for or agreeing to do something. The House of Commons can merely say yea or nay to the executive judgment.下议院对决策层的决定只能表示同意与否。

英语单词	yea
英美音标	英 [jeɪ] 美 [jeɪ]
中文释义	adv.是；而且；甚至可说 n.赞成票；赞成
英语例句	(1) Then your Dad said "Yea, let's bury it!" (2) He is a yea and nay man. (3) Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay.
中文例句	(1) 然后，你爸爸说：“我们把它埋了吧！” (2) 他是一个优柔寡断的人。 (3) 如实说你的想法。
vocabulary简明	Yea sounds like "yay" and is another word for "yes." It's often paired with "nay" when taking a vote in formal government or law and sometimes when asking friends if they want to get together, "Yea or nay?"
vocabulary扩展	When an official asks for a vote on a bill or judgment, the question may be "How say you?" in the old style of English with an equally old-school response of "Yea" meaning a vote in favor. Using yea in casual conversation is less common but it's useful for showing that a person's "yes" counts as a vote because it matters in making a decision, as when you ask each other "Are you in or out — yea or nay?" when making plans.
柯林斯解释	1 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（yes的过时用法，用于诗歌或宗教语言）是，对 Yea is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'yes'. 2 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（用于口头表决或表示同意）对，是 Yea is sometimes used to mean 'yes' when people are talking about voting for or agreeing to do something. The House of Commons can merely say yea or nay to the executive judgment. 下议院对决策层的决定只能表示同意与否。

Yea Vote Nay Word Making Convention 惯用语 英

Yea Vote Nay Word Making Convention 惯用语英