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词汇 aye
释义 aye
adverb
uk /aɪ/ us /aɪ/
old use or Northern English or Scottish English
another word for "yes": 是
"Would you prefer not to work?" "Oh aye, I'd stop tomorrow if I could."“你想要不工作吗?”“哦,是的。如果可以的话我明天就不想上班。”
All those who support this proposal say "Aye".支持这项提议的人请说“赞成”。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Yes, no & not
a sure thingidiom
affirmation
affirmatively
ain't
betcha
bit
didn't
does a bear/do bears shit in the woods?idiom
far
hardly
not thatidiom
opposed
self-negating
slight
sure
wasn't
weren't
wouldn't be seen deadidiom
yes
you betidiom

ayeadverb (EVER)


old use or Scottish English
a word meaning "ever" or "always":
We would gladly preserve his memory for aye.
I have aye wanted to see Edinburgh.
Things have aye been so.
Tell the lassie I'm sorry for aye shouting at her.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Always & never
again
all alongidiom
all-time
along
always
ever
fail
hell
in all my (born) daysidiom
in/through all the yearsidiom
invariably
kingdom
month
on demandidiom
perpetual
perpetually
till/until kingdom comeidiom
till/until the cows come homeidiom
whenever
world
aye
noun[ C ]
uk /aɪ/ us /aɪ/
mainly UK
especially in the UK parliament, a vote to support a suggestion, idea, law, etc., or a person who votes "yes": 赞成票;投赞成票者
Points of order are divided into ayes and noes.
The ayes are 57; the nays are 44.
Compare
yea
nonoun
nay
 the ayes have it
a phrase used in a parliament or meeting to announce that there are more votes to support a suggestion, law, etc. than votes against it, so the "yes" votes have won:
All those in favour, say aye. The ayes have it. The bill is passed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Elections
absentee
absentee ballot
absentee vote
absentee voter
absentee voting
enfranchisement
entrance poll
exit poll
first-past-the-post
flip
proportional representation
proxy
proxy vote
proxy voter
proxy voting
vote something through
voting
voting booth
voting machine
voting slip

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aye | American Dictionary


aye
noun[ C ]
us/ɑɪ/
(used esp. in voting) yes, or a vote that means yes and supports a suggestion or plan of action:
The ayes have it, 20 to 12, and the motion is carried.

Examples of aye


aye
To sleep, perchance to learn - aye, there's the rub!
Although the arguments have remained the same, the balance has swung in favour of the ayes.
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The point is whether one counts the shopkeepers who are too apathetic to vote as among the ayes or the noes on such an issue.
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When they voted on that recommendation, there were six ayes and six noes.
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There were no ayes, but there were noes.
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Does he not recognise the responsibility of getting definite information, aye or no, whether these allegations are true or are false?
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As many as are of that opinion, say aye.
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I think that the ayes did have it this time, because otherwise we would be in some difficulty.
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I do not think there has been any quarrel between the leading exponents of cither view, the ayes and the noes, in this debate.
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It seems impossible to keep the "ayes"and the"noes" in watertight compartments.
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Who has been supplying marauding bundits and partisan leaders with arms, munitions, tanks, aeroplanes—aye, and even men.
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The rule refers to the voice, when giving tongue to aye or no—not an actual speech.
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We must be prepared—aye and anxious—to defend, advocate and implement that democratic principle.
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We have to consider "aye"or"no," if there is a serious danger ahead.
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I say that simply because that keeps party politics out of the vote; it keeps the vote in the referendum clear; the people vote "aye"or"no".
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