affirmative
英 [ə'fɜːmətɪv]
美[ə'fɝmətɪv]
- adj. 肯定的；积极的
- n. 肯定语；赞成的一方
词态变化
复数: affirmatives;副词: affirmatively;
英英释意
- 1. a reply of affirmation;
- "he answered in the affirmative"
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.
考试真题
- Some critics blame affirmative action – students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
- Affirmative action should be held responsible
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词组搭配
in the affirmative
so as to accept or agree to a statement or request
接受，同意，表示赞成
he answered the question in the affirmative.
他肯定地回答了问题。
实用场景例句
- 90% voted affirmatively.
- 90%投票赞成。
牛津词典
- (formal)She answered in the affirmative (= said ‘yes ’) .
- 她作出了肯定的答复。
牛津词典
- Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer...
- 黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He asked me if I was ready. I answered in the affirmative.
- 他问我是否准备好了，我给出肯定的回答。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A : what about affirmative action? Hasn't legislation a lot of the make hierarchy?
- 那反歧视行动 呢 ?立法不是已经消弱了很多男人的特权 吗 ?
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- It is an affirmative plunge to develop fabric doodling into a sort of creative method.
- 用布上涂鸦的方式去探寻一种创作方法论,是值得肯定的一次“冒进”.
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- The teachers also all spoke to express to the assistant progressive affirmative and future expectation.
- 老师们也都发言表达了对助理进步的肯定和未来的期望.
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- Her answer is in the affirmative.
- 她的回答是肯定的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He replied in the affirmative to my question.
- 就我的问题他给予了肯定的回答.
《简明英汉词典》
- Who can give me an affirmative reply.
- 谁能给一个肯定的答复.
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- They answered in the affirmative.
- 他们作了肯定的回答.
辞典例句
- We are expecting an affirmative answer.
- 我们盼望得到肯定的答复.
《简明英汉词典》
- The teacher answered in the affirmative.
- 老师的回答是肯定的.
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- Price cheapness, deliver goods quick, the quality suffer the extensive customer affirmative.
- 价格便宜, 交货迅速, 品质受到广泛客户的肯定.
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- Confirm your message, did you say passenger on board is dead, affirmative?
- 证实你的电报, 你是说旅客在飞机上死了, 对 吗 ?
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- Special Rapporteur on the concept and practice of affirmative action.
- 扶持行动的概念和实践问题特别报告员.
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- But a second aspect troubles critics of affirmative action.
- 但是有一个方面让反歧视政策批评者们很恼火.
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- Affirmative, we are short of one person ( passenger ).
- 是的, 我们少一个客人.
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- Ask small groups or individual students to repeat each question affirmative or negative answers.
- 让小组或单个学生重复每个问题,并作肯定或否定的答复.
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- In data communications, the transmission by a receiver of acknowledgeas an affirmative response to a sender.
- 在通信中, 修饰或说明传输控制器的一种状态,在此状态下可接受线路上的输入呼叫.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- So, cannot backward area make economy is dimensions managed? The answer is affirmative.
- 那么, 经济落后地区就不能搞规模经营 吗 ?回答是肯定的.
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- " I will " is an affirmative.
- “ 我愿意 ” 是肯定语.
《简明英汉词典》
- The presumption of disclosure also means that agencies should take affirmative steps to make information public.
- 披露信息的预先前提也意味着各机构须采取坚实步骤是的信息公开.
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- If the first part of the sentence is affirmative, the tag question is usually negative.
- 如果句子是以肯定句开始的, 那附加疑问通常使用否定句.
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- This is not in the affirmative, then without sufficient evidence, the more desirable.
- 这是不肯定的话, 又无充足证据, 更不可取.
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- Two negatives make an affirmative.
- 两个否定构成肯定.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Some English sentences are superficially negative but they actually connote affirmative, which often confuses translators.
- 英语里有些否定句表达的却是肯定之意, 从而造成了汉译中的“是非”误区.
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