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P0464100 (pŏz′ĭ-tĭv)adj.1. Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation: a positive answer; positive criticism.2. Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress: positive steps.3. a. Desirable, admirable, or beneficial: a woman with many positive qualities; the positive features of this new software.b. Optimistic or constructive: a positive attitude.c. Not disparaging or malicious: ran a positive political campaign.4. Very confident; certain: I'm positive he's right. See Synonyms at sure.5. Explicitly or openly expressed or laid down: a positive demand.6. Admitting of no doubt; irrefutable: positive proof.7. Concerned with practical rather than theoretical matters.8. Philosophy a. Of or relating to being or the possession of qualities rather than non-being or the absence of qualities: the question of the positive existence of evil.b. Of or relating to positivism.c. Of or relating to positive law.9. Of or relating to religion based on revelation rather than on nature or reason alone.10. Informal Utter; absolute: a positive darling.11. Mathematics a. Relating to or designating a quantity greater than zero.b. Relating to or designating the sign (+).c. Relating to or designating a quantity, number, angle, or direction opposite to another designated as negative.12. Physics a. Relating to or designating an electric charge of a sign opposite to that of an electron.b. Of or relating to a body having fewer electrons than protons.13. Chemistry Of or relating to an ion, the cation, that is attracted to a negative electrode.14. Medicine Indicating the presence of a particular disease, condition, or organism: a positive test for pregnancy.15. Biology Indicating or characterized by response or motion toward the source of a stimulus, such as light: positive tropism.16. Having the areas of light and dark in their original and normal relationship, as in a photographic print made from a negative.17. Grammar Of, relating to, or being the simple uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb, as opposed to either the comparative or superlative.18. Driven by or generating power directly through intermediate machine parts having little or no play: positive drive.n.1. An affirmative element or characteristic.2. Mathematics A quantity greater than zero.3. Physics A positive electric charge.4. A photographic image in which the lights and darks appear as they do in nature.5. Grammar a. The uncompared degree of an adjective or adverb.b. A word in this degree.6. Music A division of some pipe organs, similar in sound to the great but smaller and less powerful.

[Middle English, having a specified quality, from Old French positif, from Latin positīvus, formally laid down, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

pos′i·tive·ly adv.pos′i·tive·ness, pos′i·tiv′i·ty n.

positively

(ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ) adv1. in a positive manner2. (intensifier): he disliked her: in fact, he positively hated her. sentence substituteunquestionably; absolutely

pos•i•tive•ly

(ˈpɒz ɪ tɪv li or, esp. for 3, ˌpɒz ɪˈtɪv li)

adv. 1. with certainty; absolutely. 2. decidedly; unquestionably; definitely. interj. 3. (used to express strong affirmation) yes; indeed. [1585–95]

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	positively - extremely; "it was positively monumental"intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
	2.	positively - so as to be positive; in a positive manner; "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively"

positively

adverb1. definitely, surely, firmly, certainly, absolutely, emphatically, unquestionably, undeniably, categorically, unequivocally, unmistakably, with certainty, assuredly, without qualification This is positively the worst thing I can imagine.2. really, completely, simply, plain (informal), absolutely, thoroughly, utterly, downright He was positively furious.

positively

adverb1. In a direct, positive manner:emphatically, flat, flatly.Informal: flat out.2. Without question:absolutely, certainly, doubtless, doubtlessly, undoubtedly.3. In truth:actually, fairly, genuinely, indeed, really, truly, truthfully, verily.Idiom: for fair.

Translations

完全地积极地绝对地

positive

(ˈpozətiv) adjective1. meaning or saying `yes'. a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present). 肯定的（答复） 2. definite; leaving no doubt. positive proof.明确的3. certain or sure. I'm positive he's right.确信的4. complete or absolute. His work is a positive disgrace.完全的5. optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future. Take a more positive attitude to life.积极的6. not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative. 原级的7. (of a number etc) greater than zero. 数（正的） 8. having fewer electrons than normal. In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal. （电）阳性的，正的 noun1. a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal. （照相）正片 2. (an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree. 原级ˈpositiveness noun 明确，肯定，信心 ˈpositively adverb1. in a positive way. He stated positively that he was innocent.积极地2. absolutely; completely. He is positively the nastiest person I know. 绝对地，完全地

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