喜樂美語

Picture the yes side of a form: this is the word grammar and officials use for agreement, the opposite of negative. It is the formal dress version of yes — used where a plain yes would be too casual, or where you need a name for the yes side itself.

可以想成：表格上「是」的那一欄——這是文法和公務場合用來指「同意」的字，跟 negative（否定的）正好相對。它等於是 yes 的正裝版：用在說 yes 顯得太隨便的場合，或是需要替「贊成的那一方」取個名字的時候。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 affirmatives

意思相近

positiveagreeingassentingconfirmingyesagreementassentconfirmation

意思相反

negativedisagreeingnorefusal

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

affirmativeadj/əˈfɜːmətɪv/

  • 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

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsExpressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

  • 7

    algebramathematicssciencespositive; not negative

affirmativenoun/əˈfɜːmətɪv/

  • 1

    Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

    • That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
    • 10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
  • 2

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsAn answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

  • 3

    obsoleteAn assertion.

    • that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.

affirmativeintj/əˈfɜːmətɪv/

  • 1

    Yes.

  • 2

    broadcastinggovernmentmediaYes; true; correct.

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