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Definition of yessir in English: yessirexclamationˈjɛsəjɛsˈsəː informal 1Used to express assent to a superior. 尤用于表示对上级的赞同是的，先生 ‘Do you understand me?’ ‘Yessir!’ “你明白我的意思吗？”“是的，先生。” Example sentencesExamples - Damn that were close, I think it got you Massa that time, yessir.
- They'll sweat their rears off, they'll yessir and nosir you to death, but when it comes down to it, they're just too damn eager, too revved up to slow down and think.
- Uh, yessir - pardun me, sir - but, uh, how will the ship know time's movin’ a-forwart?
- It's all ‘yessir, nosir, yessir, nosir…’ It could start to make a man a little depressed. ‘Little’ meaning up to the extent of suicidal.
- ‘Uh, yessir,’ the guard shifted his weight, moving his halberd back to rest.
- 1.1North American Used to express emphatic affirmation.
〈北美〉 用于表示强势的肯定是的，真的 yessir the food was cheap 食品真的便宜。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Why, yessir, we do,’ Luca said matter-of-factly.
- I be keepin’ you young'uns outta trouble today, yessir!’
- They never fail to liven up our putrid existence. hecklerspray has a particular penchant for a cat fight and, yessir, there's one a-brewin’!
verbyessirring, yessirred, yessirsˈjɛsəjɛsˈsəː [with object]informal Defer to (someone) as a superior. you're used to people yessirring you left and right 你已习惯人们对你惟命是从。 Example sentencesExamples - A resident doctor, brought up on rich diet of yessirring, learns to follow suit be it a lecture, a conference, or the debating by a medical propagandist euphemistically called a medical representative.
- Not yessirring to a boss is the main point of doing this rather than employment.
- I had been yessirring and nossiring him the whole time, being as calm and polite as possible, but I kind of lost it at this point.
OriginEarly 20th century: alteration of yes sir. Definition of yessir in US English: yessir(also yessiree) exclamation informal 1Used to express assent. “Do you understand me?” “Yessir!” “你明白我的意思吗？”“是的，先生。” Example sentencesExamples - ‘Uh, yessir,’ the guard shifted his weight, moving his halberd back to rest.
- Uh, yessir - pardun me, sir - but, uh, how will the ship know time's movin’ a-forwart?
- It's all ‘yessir, nosir, yessir, nosir…’ It could start to make a man a little depressed. ‘Little’ meaning up to the extent of suicidal.
- Damn that were close, I think it got you Massa that time, yessir.
- They'll sweat their rears off, they'll yessir and nosir you to death, but when it comes down to it, they're just too damn eager, too revved up to slow down and think.
- 1.1North American Used to express emphatic affirmation.
〈北美〉 用于表示强势的肯定是的，真的 yessir the food was cheap 食品真的便宜。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Why, yessir, we do,’ Luca said matter-of-factly.
- They never fail to liven up our putrid existence. hecklerspray has a particular penchant for a cat fight and, yessir, there's one a-brewin’!
- I be keepin’ you young'uns outta trouble today, yessir!’
OriginEarly 20th century: alteration of yes sir. |