Nay

(noun.) a negative; 'the nays have it'.

(adv.) not this merely but also; not only so but; 'each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique'.

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• Nay, he appeared so much otherwise, that his daughter's courage failed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Nay, I am too old a tree to be transplanted. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Nay, there are persons in Middlemarch to whom I could go; although they don't know much of me, they would believe me. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I attempted to gain time--nay, I did worse. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Nay, he replied, 'suppose' is not the word--I know it; but you will be found out, and by sheer force of argument you will never prevail. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Nay, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Nay, are they not wholly different? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Nay, say rather the feather-pated giddy madmen, said Waldemar, who must be toying with follies when such business was in hand. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Nay, that is but sensuality. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• His lordship has often watched my sleep in the cold, for half, nay sometimes, during the whole of the night, sitting by my bedside. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Nay, put it down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Nay, the very animals in a democratic State have a freedom which is unknown in other places. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Nay, Lavinia,' quoth Mrs Wilfer, 'this touches the blood of the family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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