英汉词典

affirmative 基本解释

• adj. 肯定的；积极的
• n. 肯定语；赞成的一方

affirmative 词态变化

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.

affirmative 词组搭配

affirmative 英文释义

1. a reply of affirmation;

"he answered in the affirmative"

affirmative 双语例句

1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.

79人投赞成票，没有人投反对票。

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2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.

黑格非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。

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4. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He replied in the affirmative to my question.

就我的问题他给予了肯定的回答.

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affirmative 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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