| 单词 | affirmative |
| 释义 | affirmative —affirmatively, adv. /euh ferr"meuh tiv/, adj. 1. affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something. 2. expressing agreement or consent; assenting: an affirmative reply. 3. positive; not negative. 4. Logic. noting a proposition in which a property of a subject is affirmed, as "All men are happy." n. 5. something that affirms or asserts; a positive statement or proposition; affirmation. 6. a reply indicating assent, as Yes or I do. 7. a manner or mode that indicates assent: a reply in the affirmative. 8. the side, as in a debate, that affirms or defends a statement that the opposite side denies or attacks: to speak for the affirmative. interj. 9. (used to indicate agreement, assent, etc.): "Is this the right way to Lake George?" "Affirmative." [1400-50; < L affirmativus, equiv. to affirmat- (see AFFIRMATION) + -ivus -IVE; r. late ME affirmatyff < MF < L] |
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