negative
英 ['neg?t?v]
美['n?ɡ?t?v]
- adj. [數(shù)] 負(fù)的；消極的；否定的；陰性的
- n. 否定；負(fù)數(shù)；[攝] 底片
- vt. 否定；拒絕
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?negatives;第三人稱單數(shù):?negatives;過(guò)去式:?negatived;過(guò)去分詞:?negatived;現(xiàn)在分詞:?negativing;副詞:?negatively;
中文詞源
negative 負(fù)的，負(fù)極的，消極的
來(lái)自negate,否定。引申義負(fù)的，負(fù)極，消極的等。
英文詞源
- negative
- negative: see renegade
- negative (adj.)
- c. 1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat-, past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c. 1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense is from 1755.
Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]
Related: Negatively. - negative (n.)
- late 14c., "a prohibition; absence, nonexistence; opposite," from Old French negatif and directly from Latin negativus (see negative (adj.)). Meaning "a negative statement" is from 1560s. As a response, "I refuse, disagree, no," from 1945. Meaning "a negative quality" is from 1640s. In mathematics, "a negative number," from 1706. Photographic sense first recorded 1853.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.
- 到目前為止，參加測(cè)試的有57人，測(cè)試結(jié)果均呈陰性。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
- 79人投贊成票，沒(méi)有人投反對(duì)票。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.
- 以微弱負(fù)電流刺激疼得最厲害的部位。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The weakest students can end up with a negative score.
- 最差的學(xué)生可能會(huì)以負(fù)分收?qǐng)觥?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
- 這只是那種有太多負(fù)面含義的詞之一。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句