Affirmative

[ə'fɜːmətɪv] or [ə'fɝmətɪv]

解释:

(noun.) a reply of affirmation; 'he answered in the affirmative'.

(adj.) affirming or giving assent; 'an affirmative decision'; 'affirmative votes' .

(adj.) expecting the best; 'an affirmative outlook' .

整理:泰勒--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

(a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.

(a.) Positive; dogmatic.

(a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

(a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

(n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.

(n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.

手打:丽贝卡

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. That affirms.[2]. Indicative.[3]. (Alg.) Positive, not negative.

编辑:卢克