nay
adverb /neɪ/
/neɪ/
- (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。
- Such a policy is difficult, nay impossible.
- (old use or dialect) no
不 compare yea
词源Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old Norse nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’.