affirmative

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /əˈfɜːmətɪv/    美 /əˈfɝməɾɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
    — That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
  2. An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
  3. An assertion. obsolete
    — that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
形容词 adj.
  1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
    — an affirmative answer
  2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
  3. positive
    — an affirmative vote
  4. Confirmative; ratifying.
    — an act affirmative of common law
  5. Dogmatic.
    — Lyſicles vvas a little diſconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito; but after a ſhort pauſe replied briskly, […]
  6. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
  7. positive; not negative
感叹词 intj.
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes; true; correct. especially

词形变化

more affirmative comparative most affirmative superlative affirmatives plural

词汇关系

衍生词
affirmative action affirmative defense affirmatively affirmativeness affirmative pregnant affirmative resolution affirmative waste affirmativism affirmativist affirmativity apefirmative action disaffirmative nonaffirmative trans-affirmative
相关词
affirmative sentence

词源

词源 1
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
词源 2
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
词源 3
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).
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