[ə'fə:mətiv]
affirmative
a. 肯定的,正面的
n. 肯定语,赞成方面

词形变化:

副词:affirmatively

例句与用法:

  1. One who supports a proposal or takes the affirmative side in debate.
    赞成者,投赞成票者支持某项提议或在辩论中正方的人
  2. An affirmative vote or voter.
    赞成票或投赞成票者
  3. A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem.
    间接肯定法用有节制的陈述所构成一种修辞手法,即通过否定其反面来表达肯定的意思,例如在这并不是一个小问题中
  4. An affirmative statement or vote.
    肯定的陈述肯定的陈述或表示赞成

英英解释:

名词 affirmative:

  1. a reply of affirmation

形容词 affirmative:

  1. affirming or giving assent
  2. 同义词:affirmatory
  3. expecting the best
  4. 同义词:optimistic
  5. supporting a policy or attitude etc
  6. 同义词:favoring