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affirmative 音標拼音: [əf'ɚmətɪv] a. 肯定的,正面的
n. 肯定語 肯定的,正面的肯定語 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Positive; dogmatic. [ Obs.] -- J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. -- Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Alg.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to { negative}, or such as are to be subtracted. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] Whether there are such beings or not, ' t is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 132 Moby Thesaurus words for " affirmative": OK, absolute, acceptance, accord, accordant, acquiescence, acquiescent, affirmation, affirmative attitude, affirmative voice, affirmativeness, affirmatory, agree, agreeable, agreeing, agreement, 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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