"the nays have it"
"each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"
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CONVENTION Nay is sometimes used to mean "no" when talking about people voting against something or refusing to give consent for something. 否决; 反对
The board wants input from members before they all vote yea or nay.
在成员全部投赞成票或否决票之前，董事会希望听到他们的意见。
ADV You use nay in front of a stronger word or phrase which you feel is more correct than the one you have just used and helps to emphasize the point you are making. 不 [正式] [ADV with cl/group]
Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.
许多长篇文章，不，应该是许多整本的书都是关于这件事的。
CONVENTION Nay is an old-fashioned, literary, or dialect word for "no." no的过时用法、文学用语或方言用法 [套语]
The yeas are 52 and the nays are 49; the nomination is hereby confirmed.
52票赞成，49票反对；特此确认提名。
The Yeas are 198, the Nays are 234, the bill has not passed.
赞成票数198，否决票数234，所以该法案没有通过。
Last month the Senate blocked a proposal for a bipartisan commission on deficit reduction: the yeas outnumbered the nays by 53 to 46, but failed to reach a supermajority.
上个月参议院挡下了一个提议要成立跨党派的委员会来削减赤字，赞成的有五十三票而反对的有四十六票，没能达到超级多数。
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