affirmative

[US]/ə'fɜːmətɪv/
[UK]/ə'fɝmətɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 肯定的,積極的;
n. 肯定表達法,肯定命題
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

in the affirmative

以肯定方式,表示贊成

affirmative action

肯定行動,平權行動

affirmative vote

贊成票

Example Sentences

an affirmative approach to the problem

正面解決問題

the affirmative side in a debate

辯論中贊成的一方

We are expecting an affirmative answer.

我們盼望得到肯定的答覆。

An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.

需要一個兩院均持贊同意見的決議。

He replied in the affirmative to my question.

就我的問題他給予了肯定的回答。

the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come.

家庭通常是鼓勵的源泉,能給予家庭成員積極的影響。

Will the adjective this time be grudging or admiring, cynical or affirmative, upwardly mythopoeic or downwardly Mammonite?

這回這個形容詞是在表達勉強還是崇敬?是諷刺還是肯定?

Brief, solid, affirmative as a hammer blow, this is the virile word, which must enflame lips and save the honor of our people, in these unfortunate days of anachronistic imperialism.

強有力的回答“不”像錘擊聲那樣短暫、有力、乾脆,這就是在帝國主義橫行霸道的不幸日子裏該從我們口中憤怒地噴發而出,用以挽救我們民族尊嚴的詞。

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