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nay

adverb
🔊/neɪ/
🔊/neɪ/
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  1. (old-fashioned) used to emphasize something you have just said by introducing a stronger word or phrase（强调刚提及之事）不仅如此，而且
    • Such a policy is difficult, nay impossible.这一政策很难实施，甚至是不可能的。🔊🔊
  2. (old use or dialect) no不
    3. compare yea
    Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old Norse nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’.