affirmative

英 [?'f??m?t?v] 美[?'f?m?t?v]

反義詞

CET4TEM4IELTS低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?affirmatives;副詞:?affirmatively;

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.

1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.: 79人投贊成票，沒有人投反對(duì)票。

2. Dr Sinclair's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.: 辛克萊博士雖然點(diǎn)頭表示了同意，但還顯得有點(diǎn)不情愿。

3. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.: 黑格非?？释玫揭粋€(gè)肯定的回答。

4. An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.: 需要一個(gè)兩院均持贊同意見的決議.