affirmative 音标拼音: [əf'ɚmətɪv]
a . 肯定的,正面的
n . 肯定语
肯定的,正面的肯定语
affirmative 肯定
affirmative adj 1 :
affirming or giving assent ; "
an affirmative decision ";
"
affirmative votes " [
synonym : {
affirmative }, {
affirmatory }]
[
ant : {
negative }]
2 :
expecting the best ; "
an affirmative outlook " [
synonym :
{
affirmative }, {
optimistic }]
3 :
expressing or manifesting praise or approval ; "
approbative criticism "; "
an affirmative nod " [
synonym : {
approving },
{
affirmative }, {
approbative }, {
approbatory }, {
plausive }]
n 1 :
a reply of affirmation ; "
he answered in the affirmative "
[
ant : {
negative }]
Affirmative \
Af *
firm "
a *
tive \,
a . [
L .
affirmativus :
cf .
F .
affirmatif .]
1 .
Confirmative ;
ratifying ;
as ,
an act affirmative of common law .
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2 .
That affirms ;
asserting that the fact is so ;
declaratory of what exists ;
answering "
yes "
to a question ; --
opposed to {
negative };
as ,
an affirmative answer ;
an affirmative vote .
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3 .
Positive ;
dogmatic . [
Obs .] --
J .
Taylor .
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Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito . --
Berkeley .
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4 . (
logic )
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition .
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5 . (
Alg .)
Positive ; --
a term applied to quantities which are to be added ,
and opposed to {
negative },
or such as are to be subtracted .
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Affirmative \
Af *
firm "
a *
tive \,
n .
1 .
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies ;
an affirmative proposition ;
that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated ; --
opposed to {
negative };
as ,
there were forty votes in the affirmative ,
and ten in the negative .
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Whether there are such beings or not , '
t is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative . --
Dryden .
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2 .
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent ;
as ,
yes ,
that is so ,
etc .
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132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
affirmative ":
OK ,
absolute ,
acceptance ,
accord ,
accordant ,
acquiescence ,
acquiescent ,
affirmation ,
affirmative attitude ,
affirmative voice ,
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amen ,
answerable ,
approbation ,
approval ,
approving ,
assent ,
assenting ,
assertative ,
assertional ,
assertive ,
at one ,
aye ,
blessing ,
coexistent ,
coexisting ,
coherent ,
coincident ,
coinciding ,
commensurate ,
compatible ,
compliable ,
compliance ,
compliant ,
con ,
concordant ,
concurring ,
conformable ,
congenial ,
congruent ,
congruous ,
connivance ,
consent ,
consentaneous ,
consentient ,
consenting ,
consistent ,
consonant ,
content ,
cooperating ,
cooperative ,
correspondent ,
corresponding ,
decided ,
declarative ,
declaratory ,
eager ,
eagerness ,
emphatic ,
en rapport ,
endorsement ,
endorsing ,
equivalent ,
favorable ,
harmonious ,
in accord ,
in agreement ,
in rapport ,
in sync ,
in synchronization ,
inaccordance ,
inharmony ,
interest ,
like -
minded ,
nay ,
no ,
nod ,
nod of assent ,
nothing loath ,
of a piece ,
of like mind ,
of one mind ,
okay ,
on all fours ,
permission ,
permissive ,
positive ,
predicational ,
predicative ,
pro ,
prompt ,
promptitude ,
promptness ,
proportionate ,
ratification ,
ratifying ,
readiness ,
ready ,
reconcilable ,
sanction ,
sanctioning ,
self -
consistent ,
side ,
submission ,
submissive ,
symbiotic ,
synchronized ,
synchronous ,
the affirmative ,
the negative ,
thumbs -
up ,
unanimous ,
ungrudging ,
ungrudgingness ,
uniform ,
unisonant ,
unisonous ,
unloath ,
unloathness ,
unrefusing ,
unreluctance ,
unreluctant ,
willing ,
willingness ,
yea ,
yea -
saying ,
yes
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