英语词典 · 单词释义
affirmative
英 [ə'fɜːmətɪv] 美 [ə'fɝmətɪv]
这里集中整理“affirmative”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 肯定的；积极的
- n. 肯定语；赞成的一方
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: affirmatives;副词: affirmatively;
英文词源
- affirmative (adj.)
- "answering 'yes,'" mid-15c., from use in logic; from Middle French affirmatif (13c.), from Latin affirmativus, from affirmat-, past participle stem of affirmare (see affirm). As a noun from early 15c. Affirmative action "positive or corrective effort by employers to prevent discrimination in hiring or promotion" is attested from 1935 with regard to labor unions; specific racial sense is from 1961; now often used in reference to hiring quotas, etc.
双语例句
- 1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
- 79人投赞成票，没有人投反对票。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Dr Sinclair's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.
- 辛克莱博士虽然点头表示了同意，但还显得有点不情愿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
- 黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.
- 需要一个两院均持赞同意见的决议.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He replied in the affirmative to my question.
- 就我的问题他给予了肯定的回答.
来自《简明英汉词典》