{"id":18830,"date":"2026-08-31T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/yeah-nah-usually-signals-hesitation-or-dissent\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:44:04","slug":"yeah-nah-usually-signals-hesitation-or-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffreychen.com\/zh\/yeah-nah-usually-signals-hesitation-or-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYeah, nah.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u901a\u5e38\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u662f\u201d\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/public-assets.geoffreychen.com\/wordpress\/articles\/yeah-nah-usually-signals-hesitation-or-dissent\/b9ac67b932e276dddc6a5a65.jpg?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u201cYeah, nah.\u201d\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u901a\u5e38\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u662f\u201d\uff1f\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\u5728\u6fb3\u6d32\u53e3\u8bed\u91cc\uff0c\u201cYeah, nah\u201d\u4e0d\u662f\u628a\u201c\u662f\u201d\u548c\u201c\u4e0d\u662f\u201d\u968f\u4fbf\u62fc\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\u3002yeah\u5e38\u5148\u8868\u793a\u201c\u6211\u542c\u89c1\u4e86\u201d\u6216\u90e8\u5206\u627f\u8ba4\uff0cnah\u518d\u8f6c\u5411\u8fdf\u7591\u3001\u4fdd\u7559\u6216\u53cd\u5bf9\u3002OED\u4e8e2026\u5e74\u6536\u5f55\u8be5\u8bcd\u7ec4\uff0c\u5e76\u6307\u51fa\u610f\u601d\u9ad8\u5ea6\u4f9d\u8d56\u8bed\u8c03\u548c\u8bed\u5883\u3002<\/p>\n<p>A: Are you coming out tonight?<br \/>B: Yeah, nah, I\u2019ve got an early start tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u8fd9\u91cc\u5b9e\u9645\u7b54\u6848\u662f\u4e0d\u53bb\uff0c\u8bed\u6c14\u5374\u6bd4\u76f4\u63a5\u8bf4No\u7a0d\u7f13\u548c\u3002\u5b83\u4e5f\u53ef\u80fd\u5f15\u51fa\u201c\u5bf9\uff0c\u4e0d\u8fc7\u2026\u2026\u201d\uff0c\u4e0d\u80fd\u53ea\u6309\u6700\u540e\u4e00\u4e2a\u8bcd\u5224\u65ad\u3002\u6fb3\u5927\u5229\u4e9a\u548c\u65b0\u897f\u5170\u5c24\u5176\u5e38\u89c1\uff1b\u6b63\u5f0f\u573a\u5408\u76f4\u63a5\u8bf4\u660e\u4e0d\u80fd\u53c2\u52a0\u6216\u63d0\u51fa\u4fdd\u7559\uff0c\u4f1a\u66f4\u6e05\u695a\u3002<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oed.com\/dictionary\/yeah-nah_adv\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.oed.com\/dictionary\/yeah-nah_adv<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/corp.oup.com\/news\/oxford-english-dictionary-update-june-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/corp.oup.com\/news\/oxford-english-dictionary-update-june-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17897162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_geoff_meta_description_en":"In Australian speech, \u201cyeah, nah\u201d often acknowledges a point before signalling hesitation or dissent; 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