词汇 | yes and no |
释义 | yes and noyes and no spoken CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDused to show that there is not one clear answer to a question 既是又不是〔表示难以明确答复〕 ‘Were you surprised?’ ‘Well, yes and no. I knew they were planning something, but I wasn’t sure what.’ “你觉得惊讶吗?”“嗯,既惊讶又不惊讶。我知道他们在计划着什么,但又不确定是什么。 Examples from the Corpus yes and no• Not words we use much in the Civil Service, yes and no, even in the most impersonal contexts.• "Were you surprised?" "Well, yes and no. I knew they were planning something, but I wasn't sure what."• A decision is more a matter of yes and no: is this thing worth doing or is it not worth doing?• There was no significant difference to the manner in which yes and no responses increased over memory set size. → yes and no at yes1(4) |
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