| 释义 |
‖ n'est-ce pas, int. phr.|nɛs(ə)pa, nɛspɑː|
[Fr., lit. ‘is it not?’]
‘Is it not so?’ Used esp. to emphasize the truth or probability of the preceding statement.
1889E. C. Dowson Lett. (1967) 24 He's a lesser light than James, n'est ce pas? 1930D. L. Sayers Strong Poison viii. 96 That is Stanislas—such a genius—his new work on the Piccadilly Tube Station—great n'est-ce pas? 1985Chicago Tribune 7 Oct. i. 16/1 Will there really be a bar in there? A health bar, n'est-ce pas? |
